Talk about braving the odds! Talk about dedication for education. These Nepalese girls did this to get to school. ….No bridge but we have to find our way there. Salute!!!
Credit: Twitter
Photo of the day: Girls on their way to school in Nepal
Ebola: Nigeria, Liberia others barred from Youth Olympics.
Still on the many woes Patrick Sawyer brought to Nigeria. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned Nigeria and other West African countries affected by the Ebola Virus Disease from participating in some sports at the Youth Olympics. Apparently, the decision was made to ensure the safety of participants.
A statement released by the IOC reads, “ Athletes from affected areas will not compete in combat sports” and “it was also decided that no athletes from the region would compete in the pool. We regret that due to this issue some young athletes may have suffered twice, both from the anguish caused by the outbreak in their home countries and by not being able to compete in the Youth Olympic Games.”
“We have been reassured by the health authorities that there have been no suspected cases and that the risk of infection is extremely unlikely. Together we have developed a policy which balances the health needs of all, with respect for the rights of the young athletes from the region.”
The Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Nanjing, China’s former capital, from August 16 to 28 will feature more than 3,500 competitors aged 15 to 18. A total of 25 people have fallen into the categories of Ebola-hit countries; (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.) Nigeria’s squad is the largest with 13 members.
KICC founder, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo's second son set to wed, shares pre-wedding pictures.
Preparations are in top gear for the wedding ceremony of the second son of KICC Founder, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo. The Groom; Tobi Ashimolowo is the CEO of The Vault; a fashion store for men’s wears and accessories. Toyin Omotayo, the bride is a lawyer. The lovebirds would be walking down the aisle on October 18th at KICC prayer city, Kent, United Kingdom. Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo’s first son, Tomi got married in July.
La Liga: Displaying personal messages after scoring will now lead to yellow card
I’m tempted to say this is so unfair. Whatever is wrong with players expressing themselves whenever they score? According to Barca stuff, one of the social media accounts of Spanish club, Barcelona FC, new guidelines for referees in La Liga state that displaying players a personal message after scoring will now attract yellow card. (Note; this only applies to LaLiga)
Barcastuff tweeted;
“New guidelines for Liga referees say that displaying a personal message after scoring will now also automatically lead to a yellow card.
New guidelines for Liga referees say that the referees should act more firmly against racism in the Spanish stadiums this season. [via md]”
Credit: @Barcastuff
Ebola: "Patrick Sawyer was paid by some rich&powerful to kill as many as possible in Nigeria"- Femi Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has described the late Liberian-American who “brought” the Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria as an evil man whose mission was to kill as many people as possible. He also revealed that he was sponsored by some rich, powerful and well-connected people. Below is what he wrote on his official Facebook page.
“I disagree with those who have described Patrick Sawyer as a madman. He was not mad at all but just evil. He was a man that was on a mission. That mission was to spread the ebola virus to Nigeria and to infect and kill as many people as possible with it. He was an evil man with an evil intention and purpose. Worst still he was not working alone. Some people, and I mean rich, powerful and well-connected people, were working with him. As a matter of fact they sent him on the mission.
They cultivated him, took care of him, paid him, brainwashed him, gave him all that he wanted in life and finally asked him to go on a suicide mission to destroy the lives of others and spread the deadly disease.
This was a clear case of bio-terrorism and Sawyer was simply a pawn in a bigger game and a wider picture. The motive of those who sent him was to spread fear and panic, to kill as many people as possible, to create a need for a solution to the problem, to prepare the ground for a new wonder drug that could cure ebola, to create a massive market for that drug and to ensure that there would be massive profits from it’s sale.
As usual it is the unbelieving, unprepared, undiscerning and naive Africans that have been used as the prime guinea pigs. When will they stop destroying us and treating us with such contempt? When will they begin to see and treat us as human beings?”
"Speak up& free yourself from the insanity creeping up on you"- ace sports broadcaster, Aisha Falode writes son's killer(s).
6 months after the death of her only son, ace sports broadcaster, Aisha Falode has written an open letter to Toba falode’s killer(s). 19 year-old Toba who was monikered Tyler Fray was studying music in a Dubai-based institution, he was thrown from the rooftop of a 17-storey building on February 15th 2014. Read the words of the grieving mother below.
“In years gone by, I read detective books and watched Crime series depicting how murderers sleep at night. How they wake up in sweat with nightmarish images of the soul they had taken, and are so filled with dread and guilt of their crime that they spend their night dripping hot, sticky sweat of horror at what they had done.
How they stare at the night, wishing somehow it would never come, I mean, murderers live in such fear wishing they could turn the hands of the clock or go back in time and re-enact the whole scene of their evil deed, so as to reverse the killing of their innocent victim.
Such was my naivety because death was so far away from me. Then death came so close to me I can still feel its hot breath down my spine. Yet I see how helpless it has become for it cannot strike the same victim twice. Death is so uncanny, it takes a soul but it knows that the soul goes back to the Maker in peace, yet he is lucky because the person who wore its cloak, the person who struck the blow, the person who took breath which does not belong to him, becomes its victim.
I say this today, my son’s killer/s you have become the victim. Death has deceived you and is now sneering at you. You are in your own hell, a living hell, hades of which will be immersed in you for the rest of your life.
Toba Falode aka Tyler Fray would have been alive today, breathing, laughing, writing songs about life and oppression, songs about people like you, evil people who think they can oppress, suppress and kill just because they can, but he is not for he rests in the bosom of the Almighty his creator. You Killer had no right taking his life because you did not give it.
Killer have you ever gone back in history or do murderers have no time to read up what happens to those of their like who came before them? If you do you will know that the Avenger of Death is forever lurking behind you and one day, very soon and sooner than you can imagine, you will pay for your crime and your sins. The Bible which we uphold says vengeance is God’s and indeed the Quran as well says there is no hiding place for the wicked.
Killer, the sister’s heart you wrenched by taking her brother and confidant, the family you brought despair and misery on, the friends you left crippled with excruciating pain and I though drenched in sorrow by your inhumane callousness, know in my heart that the Avenger is upon you.
You have challenged the Almighty God by taking a life He created by breaking His commandment that thou shall not kill. Then like a wicked unrepentant soul, you walk the streets as if nothing happened? Believing in your ignorance that the one who created ears cannot hear and the one who created eyes cannot see. Surely your conscience is judging you, you sweat profusely in the cold of the night, and shiver in the heat of the day, you jump at the slightest sound and you keep looking over your shoulder, petrified even of your own shadow and dreading the inevitable and knowing in your heart that death has cunned you and the Avenger is so close you can feel the hair on your nape standing.
Perhaps one day, your nightmare will end and you will free yourself but not before the Avenger gets you, forcing you to speak, telling the world of how you killed my son on that sad night hunting you in Dubai. When you pushed my boy, a good son, and the hope of my future from a 17 Storey building. What a callous, heartless andcold-bloodedkiller!
How did you kill him, why did you kill him? Oh, lest I forget you, the witness, an accessory to murder. Only God knows what pushes you to soil your hands with innocent blood by remaining silent and protecting a killer from a most foul and heinous crime while the image of Tyler’s dead body haunts you at night, you said you wish you could have done more at the time of his death. Yes you can. Speak up and free yourself from the insanity creeping up on you and the long stretch of dark miserable years ahead, how did Tyler Fray die?
How did my son’s innocent blood splatter on your body? Did your bloody knuckle punch the life out of him, or did you smash him with a stone before throwing him over the balcony, or did you just push him to his death? Why did you say you would take the punishment for his death, why do people you call friends keep meeting such a fate around you, is it coincidence?
Do you know, that there were actually three people on that balcony on that night? The all seeing God, the omnipotent, the ever present…He was there and He witnessed that murder and He is calling you to account forTyler’s Death. Killer!!!! Look! Feel!
Hear the sound of the footstep of the long arms of the law looming over you like the sun covers the earth ………….
The Avenger is upon you like the waves of the Ocean smashing against the rock there is no escape for God is a just God.
I know Toba is in heaven and that gives me peace.
What kind of peace can a killer give his mother?
To join the call for Justice for Toba go to:
Facebook: Justice for Tyler Fray a.k.a Toba Falode
Twitter: twitter.com/TylerFray
Instagram:instagram.com/justicefortylerfray
Sign The Petition: Change.org:
English Premier League (EPL) fixtures for 2014/2015 season
Yaaaay! English Premier League games return to our TV screens this weekend. The transfer windows have been quite busy in the past few months; players have been bought, sold and loaned, squads strengthened, fans are ecstatic and players/clubs are warming up for another scintillating season. Below are the fixtures for 2014/2015 season for 38 weeks. EPL opens with Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace this Saturday August 15,2014 and ends on 24th May 2015.
(1) 16 August 2014
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Chelsea
Leicester City v Everton
Liverpool v Southampton
Manchester United v Swansea City
Newcastle United v Manchester City
QPR v Hull City
Stoke City v Aston Villa
West Brom v Sunderland
West Ham v Tottenham
(2) 23 August 2014
Aston Villa v Newcastle United
Chelsea v Leicester City
Crystal Palace v West Ham United
Everton v Arsenal
Hull City v Stoke City
Manchester City v Liverpool
Southampton v West Brom
Sunderland v Manchester United
Swansea City v Burnley
Tottenham v QPR
(3) 30 August 2014
Aston Villa v Hull City
Burnley v Manchester United
Everton v Chelsea
Leicester City v Arsenal
Manchester City v Stoke City
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
QPR v Sunderland
Swansea City v West Brom
Tottenham v Liverpool
West Ham United v Southampton
(4) 13 September 2014
Arsenal v Manchester City
Chelsea v Swansea City
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Hull City v West Ham United
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Manchester United v QPR
Southampton v Newcastle United
Stoke City v Leicester City
Sunderland v Tottenham
West Brom v Everton
(5) 20 September 2014
Aston Villa v Arsenal
Burnley v Sunderland
Everton v Crystal Palace
Leicester City v Manchester United
Manchester City v Chelsea
Newcastle United v Hull City
QPR v Stoke City
Swansea City v Southampton
Tottenham v West Brom
West Ham United v Liverpool
(6) 27 September 2014
Arsenal v Tottenham
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Leicester City
Hull City v Manchester City
Liverpool v Everton
Manchester United v West Ham United
Southampton v QPR
Stoke City v Newcastle United
Sunderland v Swansea City
West Brom v Burnley
(7) 04 October 2014
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Chelsea v Arsenal
Hull City v Crystal Palace
Leicester City v Burnley
Liverpool v West Brom
Manchester United v Everton
Sunderland v Stoke City
Swansea City v Newcastle United
Tottenham v Southampton
West Ham United v QPR
(8) 18 October 2014
Arsenal v Hull City
Burnley v West Ham United
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Everton v Aston Villa
Manchester City v Tottenham
Newcastle United v Leicester City
QPR v Liverpool
Southampton v Sunderland
Stoke City v Swansea City
West Brom v Manchester United
(9) 25 October 2014
Burnley v Everton
Liverpool v Hull City
Manchester United v Chelsea
QPR v Aston Villa
Southampton v Stoke City
Sunderland v Arsenal
Swansea City v Leicester City
Tottenham v Newcastle United
West Bromv Crystal Palace
West Ham United v Manchester City
(10) 01 November 2014
Arsenal v Burnley
Aston Villa v Tottenham
Chelsea v QPR
Crystal Palace v Sunderland
Everton v Swansea City
Hull City v Southampton
Leicester City v West Brom
Manchester City v Manchester United
Newcastle United v Liverpool
Stoke City v West Ham United
(11) 08 November 2014
Burnley v Hull City
Liverpool v Chelsea
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
QPR v Manchester City
Southampton v Leicester City
Sunderland v Everton
Swansea City v Arsenal
Tottenham v Stoke City
West Brom v Newcastle United
West Ham United v Aston Villa
(12) 22 November 2014
Arsenal v Manchester United
Aston Villa v Southampton
Chelsea v West Brom
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Everton v West Ham United
Hull City v Tottenham
Leicester City v Sunderland
Manchester City v Swansea City
Newcastle United v QPR
Stoke City v Burnley
(13) 29 November 2014
Burnley v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Stoke City
Manchester United v Hull City
QPR v Leicester City
Southampton v Manchester City
Sunderland v Chelsea
Swansea City v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Everton
West Brom v Arsenal
West Ham United v Newcastle United
(14) 02 December 2014
Arsenal v Southampton
Burnley v Newcastle United
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Leicester City v Liverpool
Manchester United v Stoke City
Swansea City v QPR
West Brom v West Ham United
Chelsea v Tottenham
Everton v Hull City
Sunderland v Manchester City
(15) 06 December 2014
Aston Villa v Leicester City
Hull City v West Brom
Liverpool v Sunderland
Manchester City v Everton
Newcastle United v Chelsea
QPR v Burnley
Southampton v Manchester United
Stoke City v Arsenal
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
West Ham United v Swansea City
(16) 13 December 2014
Arsenal v Newcastle United
Burnley v Southampton
Chelsea v Hull City
Crystal Palace v Stoke City
Everton v QPR
Leicester City v Manchester City
Manchester United v Liverpool
Sunderland v West Ham United
Swansea City v Tottenham
West Brom v Aston Villa
(17) 20 December 2014
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Hull City v Swansea City
Liverpool v Arsenal
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle United v Sunderland
QPR v West Brom
Southampton v Everton
Stoke City v Chelsea
Tottenhamv Burnley
West Ham United v Leicester City
(18) 26 December 2014
Arsenal v QPR
Burnley v Liverpool
Chelsea v West Ham United
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Everton v Stoke City
Leicester City v Tottenham
Manchester United v Newcastle United
Sunderland v Hull City
Swansea City v Aston Villa
West Brom v Manchester City
(19) 28 December 2014
Aston Villa v Sunderland
Hull City v Leicester City
Liverpool v Swansea City
Manchester City v Burnley
Newcastle United v Everton
QPE v Crystal Palace
Southampton v Chelsea
Stoke City v West Brom
Tottenham v Manchester United
West Ham United v Arsenal
(20) 01 January 2015
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Hull City v Everton
Liverpool v Leicester City
Manchester City v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Burnley
QPR v Swansea City
Southampton v Arsenal
Stoke City v Manchester United
Tottenham v Chelsea
West Ham United v West Brom
(21) 10 January 2015
Arsenal v Stoke City
Burnley v QPR
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Everton v Manchester City
Leicester City v Aston Villa
Manchester United v Southampton
Sunderland v Liverpool
Swansea City v West Ham United
West Brom v Hull City
(22) 17 January 2015
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Burnley v Crystal Palace
Everton v West Brom
Leicester City v Stoke City
Manchester City v Arsenal
Newcastle United v Southampton
QPR v Manchester United
Swansea City v Chelsea
Tottenham v Sunderland
West Ham United v Hull City
(23) 31 January 2015
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Manchester City
Crystal Palace v Everton
Hull City v Newcastle United
Liverpool v West Ham United
Manchester United v Leicester City
Southampton v Swansea City
Stoke City v QPR
Sunderland v Burnley
West Brom v Tottenham
(24) 07 February 2015
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Burnley v West Brom
Everton v Liverpool
Leicester City v Crystal Palace
Manchester City v Hull City
Newcastle United v Stoke City
QPR v Southampton
Swansea City v Sunderland
Tottenham v Arsenal
West Ham United v Manchester United
(25) 10 February 2015
Arsenal v Leicester City
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
Hull City v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Tottenham
Manchester United v Burnley
Southampton v West Ham United
West Brom v Swansea City
Chelsea v Everton
Stoke City v Manchester City
Sunderland v QPR
(26) 21 February 2015
Aston Villa v Stoke City
Chelsea v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Everton v Leicester City
Hull City v QPR
Manchester City v Newcastle United
Southampton v Liverpool
Sunderland v West Brom
Swansea City v Manchester United
Tottenham v West Ham United
(27) 28 February 2015
Arsenal v Everton
Burnley v Swansea City
Leicester City v Chelsea
Liverpool v Manchester City
Manchester United v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Aston Villa
QPR v Tottenham
Stoke City v Hull City
West Brom v Southampton
West Ham United v Crystal Palace
(28) 03 March 2015
Aston Villa v West Brom
Hull City v Sunderland
Liverpool v Burnley
QPR v Arsenal
Southampton v Crystal Palace
West Ham United v Chelsea
Manchester City v Leicester City
Newcastle United v Manchester United
Stoke City v Everton
Tottenham v Swansea City
(29) 14 March 2015
Arsenal v West Ham United
Burnley v Manchester City
Chelsea v Southampton
Crystal Palace v QPR
Everton v Newcastle United
Leicester City v Hull City
Manchester United v Tottenham
Sunderland v Aston Villa
Swansea City v Liverpool
West Brom v Stoke City
(30) 21 March 2015
Aston Villa v Swansea City
Hull City v Chelsea
Liverpool v Manchester United
Manchester City v West Brom
Newcastle United v Arsenal
QPR v Everton
Southampton v Burnley
Stoke City v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Leicester City
West Ham United v Sunderland
(31) 04 April 2015
Arsenal v Liverpool
Burnley v Tottenham
Chelsea v Stoke City
Crystal Palace v Manchester City
Everton v Southampton
Leicester City v West Ham United
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Swansea City v Hull City
West Brom v QPR
(32) 11 April 2015
Burnley v Arsenal
Liverpool v Newcastle United
Manchester United v Manchester City
QPR v Chelsea
Southampton v Hull City
Sunderland v Crystal Palace
Swansea City v Everton
Tottenhamv Aston Villa
West Brom v Leicester City
West Ham United v Stoke City
(33) 18 April 2015
Arsenal v Sunderland
Aston Villa v QPR
Chelsea v Manchester United
Crystal Palace v West Brom
Everton v Burnley
Hull City v Liverpool
Leicester City v Swansea City
Manchester City v West Ham United
Newcastle United v Tottenham
Stoke City v Southampton
(34) 25 April 2015
Arsenal v Chelsea
Burnley v Leicester City
Crystal Palace v Hull City
Everton v Manchester United
Manchester City v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Swansea City
QPR v West Ham United
Southampton v Tottenham
Stoke City v Sunderland
West Brom v Liverpool
(35) 02 May 2015
Aston Villa v Everton
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Hull City v Arsenal
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Liverpool v QPR
Manchester United v West Brom
Sunderland v Southampton
Swansea City v Stoke City
Tottenham v Manchester City
West Ham United v Burnley
(36) 09 May 2015
Arsenal v Swansea City
Aston Villa v West Ham United
Chelsea v Liverpool
Crystal Palace v Manchester United
Everton v Sunderland
Hull City v Burnley
Leicester City v Southampton
Manchester City v QPR
Newcastle United v West Brom
Stoke City v Tottenham
(37) 16 May 2015
Burnley v Stoke City
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Manchester United v Arsenal
QPR v Newcastle United
Southampton v Aston Villa
Sunderland v Leicester City
Swansea City v Manchester City
Tottenham v Hull City
West Brom v Chelsea
West Ham United v Everton
(38) 24 May 2015
Arsenal v West Brom
Aston Villa v Burnley
Chelsea v Sunderland
Crystal Palace v Swansea City
Everton v Tottenham
Hull City v Manchester United
Leicester City v QPR
Manchester City v Southampton
Newcastle United v West Ham United
Stoke City v Liverpool
Lionel Messi snubbed as UEFA announces shortlist for the 2013/2014 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award
UEFA has announced three-man shortlist for the 2013/2014 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award and surprisingly (or not), Barcelona playmaker, Lionel Messi is not included in the list. Shortlisted players include Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich duo Arjen Robben and Manuel Neuer.
The outright winner will be decided by a live vote in Monaco on 28 August during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw. The winner will be announced in Monaco on August 28.
CBN re-introduces charges on ATM withdrawals
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has re-introduced charges on remote-on-us ATM withdrawals i.e withdrawals from other banks. The new charge is now N65 per transaction. The apex bank explained that the policy takes effect from September 1, 2014.
Luis Suarez's appeal case unsuccessful, allowed to train and attend matches
Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez appeal against his four-month ban has been unsuccessful. Recall that he was sanctioned during the World Cup finals for biting an opponent during Uruguay’s clash with France. CAS has however cleared the former Liverpool player to train and attend matches with his Barca team-mates.
The striker was initially banned from all football-related activity. Meanwhile, his public presentation as a new Barcelona player will be held on Monday at the Camp Nou.