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ARSENAL UNVEILS THIENRY HENRY, HERBERT CHAPMAN, TONY ADAMS' STATUTES.

As part of it’s 125th Anniversary celebrations, Arsenal football club has honoured a trio of its club legends by unveiling three statues outside Emirates Stadium.
The Legends consisting of ex manager Herbert Chapman (1925 and 1934), defensive stalwart Tony Adams and Arsenal’s all-time leading scorer Thierry Henry have all been commemorated in bronze statues,
The unveiling which was done by Arsenal Chairman, Peter Hill-Wood on Friday 9th December 2011 had the attendance of Arsenal fans, Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, Thiery Henry and others.
Speaking at the ceremony, Peter Hill-Wood, said, “This year is very special in the history of Arsenal Football Club, when we are celebrating our 125th anniversary. This is not only a good moment to look forward to an exciting future, but also to look back and celebrate great figures in the history of our Club.
“Today is a celebration of three hugely influential figures in the history of Arsenal Football Club. Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry are three Arsenal Legends who have all contributed so much to the successes of this football club.”
“These legends are now proudly on display outside Emirates Stadium for all to see, and will provide a way for Arsenal supporters, and indeed any visitors to the stadium, to remember them and pay their own tributes to these three great men.” He concluded.

Source:Arsenal.com

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RITA DOMINIC WINS AFRIFF'S ARIK AIRLINE ACTRESS

Rita Dominic

The African International Film Festival(AFRIFF) awards which took place at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki saw beautiful Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic emerge the winner of the Arik Airline Awards category for Best Actress. She won through a lucky dip by ex-Miss World Agbani Darego.
Hosted by Big Brother anchor, IK Osakioduwa and Rita Dominic, other actresses who were nominated with the Imo-State indigene are Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Omoni Oboli, Funke Akindele and many others.
By winning the award, Arik Airline will fly her to the Tribeca Film Festival scheduled for New York in 2012.
Celebs who came for the event include Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Omoni Oboli, Ini Edo, Monalisa China, Nse Etim Ipe, Rita Dominic, Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Uche Nnanna, Amaka Igwe, Celine Loaderand, Desmond Elliot, Kunle Afolayan, OC Ikeje, and many more.

SOME OF THE WINNERS
Mahmood Alli-Balogun- Best Producer (Tango with Me)
Desmond Elliot-Best actor
The Unbroken Spirit-Best Documentary
CLe Parrian- Best Animation.
The education of Auma Obama-Viewers’ choice award
Lift the country- Best Feature Film prize

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AKI'S WHITE WEDDING

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Bestman, Osita Iheme and Groom, Chinedu Ikedieze

Chinedu Ikedieze,(Aki) finally had his wedding with his wife, Hope Njeoma in Lagos, on 9th December 2011.

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ROONEY WAS PROVOKED BY FAMILY PROBLEMS-MIODRAG

Montenegro player, Miodrag Dzudovic whom Manchester United Striker, Wayne Rooney kicked has asked UEFA to show leniency because Rooney had acted out of “desperation rather than anger”, and had been “provoked by problems his family had to face a short time before the game”.
UEFA’s hearing which took place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon saw the committee accepting Rooney’s appeal against his 3-match international ban he received for his red card in october. His suspension has however been reduced to 2 games.
The England player will now miss England matches against France and Sweden.

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BEHOLD NOLLYWOOD'S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER ACTRESS.

Beautiful Nollywood actress Angela Okorie is currently the most sought-after actress in Nigeria. We gathered from a reliable source that the mother of one who has acted in movies like Holy Serpent, heart of widows, soulmates and many more is now the choice of top movie producers.
Angela whose sojourn in the motion picture world began when she accompanied her friend to the set of a movie years back shuttles between Lagos, Asaba and Enugu.
Angel as she is fondly called was raised in Cotonou and sees Mercy Johnson whom she has acted about 15 movies with as her role model, her challenge however is combining motherhood with her career.

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WANDE COAL BOUNCES BACK.

Bumper to bumper crooner, Ojosipe Wande, also known as Wande Coal is the most talked about celebrity at the moment. The issue this time around isn’t that he has finally thrown cautions to the wind and left his Mo’hits group, neither has his alleged nude picture story been revisited, rather the ebony black gifted musician has gotten his groove back but this time around with a touch of class, glamour and feat.
It all started yesterday with a tweet from prolific music producer and Mo’hits boss, Michael Collins, popularly called Don Jazzy who after disclosing that Wande and D’banj were in the United States working with American rapper, Kanye West, further brought up the topic of Wande’s three latest singles namely ‘go low’, ‘been long you saw me’ and ‘private trips’, “Thanks for the love guys, God bless, oya early Xmas gift from Mohits. 3 hot singles from Wande.” He revealed.
Few months ago, speculations had risen fron left, right and centre that Wande was leaving the label for being neglected and because no efforts had been made to release new music from him, it was also reported that he was setting up his own record label, ‘Black Diamond, before and after then, he had been largely absent from most Mohits’ engagements. Yesterday however marked a new realm for Wande, not only did fans, colleagues and friends storm the Mohits website to confirm and download the songs, he also trended worldwide .
The Mushin to Mohits star who has an album to his credit is being acclaimed for songs like Bumper to Bumper, You bad, Ololufe, Jehovah and many more.

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NIGERIA UNVEILS TOLL-FREE RAPE HOTLINE

This I would term an epoch-making decision. Honourable Minister of Youth development, Bolaji Abdullahi on December 5, 2011 launched Nigeria’s first anti-rape toll free helpline. The aim however is to enable rape victims or witnesses of such act call the authority for assistance.. The 12 digit helpline 080072732255 is on a test run phase which is between 8 am-5pm on Mondays – Fridays.
The Minister said the decision was borne out of the need to show the commitment of the ministry to sensitizing and eradicating rape amongst youths.
“We cannot fold our arms and do nothing when our sisters and daughters are sexually violated with impunity. I have instructed the NYSC to set up CD groups to deal with the issue of rape and other forms of sexual violence against young women. ”
Source: Ladybrille

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NFF SHOULD BE SACKED-BEKE

Former Bayelsa United Football Club Chairman, Felix Beke is imploring the federal government to sack the Aminu Maigari-led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board following the nation’s woeful football performances. Referring to the U-23 team at the Olympics qualifiers in Morocco, he said that the NFF has revealed that it can’t solve the football problems of the country.
His words, “It’s high time NFF faced the same fate that befell the coaches who failed to deliver, with the look of things they have proved that they are not capable of the admistration football of the country. The best that can happen is for the NFF to be sacked. Let FIFA come again and ban us for 5 years, we will be ready for the consequences. We have failed from all angles, that means the NFF doesn’t have any answer to our football problems anymore”. He stated.

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