Friday, 8 January 2016

Glo CAF Awards 2015- Full List of Winners+ Photos



Thee Confederation of African Football (CAF), celebrated the best players on the continent yesterday in Abuja.
Gabon striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, was crowned the African Player
of the Year for the first time.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS
AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon)
AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR – BASED IN AFRICA – Mbwana Aly
SAMATTA
WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Gaelle ENGANAMOUIT (Cameroon)
YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria)
MOST PROMISING TALENT OF THE YEAR – Etebo Peter OGHENEKARO
(Nigeria)
COACH OF THE YEAR – Herve RENARD (France) – Former Coach of Cote
d’Ivoire
REFEREE OF THE YEAR – Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Gambia)
NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR – Cote d’Ivoire
WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR – Cameroon
CLUB OF THE YEAR – TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
AFRICAN LEGEND
Charles Kumi GYAMFI (Ghana)
Samuel MBAPPE LEPPE (Cameroon)
AFRICA FINEST XI
Goalkeeper: Robert Muteba KIDIABA (DR Congo)
Defenders: Serge AURIER (Cote d’Ivoire), Aymen ABDENNOUR (Tunisia),
Mohamed MEFTAH (Algeria)
Midfielders: Andre AYEW (Ghana), Yaya TOURE (Cote d’Ivoire), Sadio MANE
(Senegal), Yacine BRAHIMI (Algeria),
Forwards: Mbwana Aly SAMATTA (Tanzania), Pierre-Emerrick
AUBAMEYANG (Gabon), Baghdad BOUNEDJAH (Algeria)
Substitutes
Djigui DIARRA (Mali)
Azubuike OKECHUKWU (Nigeria)
Kelechi NWAKALI (Nigeria)
Zinedine FERHAT (Algeria)
Adama TRAORE (Mali)
Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria)
Kermit ERASMUS (South Africa)

Photos from the event










Wednesday, 6 January 2016

NFF’s head of protocol shot dead


Head of Protocol of the Nigerian Football Federation, Ibrahim Abubakar, is dead.
Abubakar was shot dead by armed robbers in his house in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday.
His death was announced by the NFF on its official Twitter account.
Abubakar’s remains are being taken to Kaduna for burial where he will buried.
The media officer of the Nigerian Super Eagles, Toyin Ibitoye, who confirmed the death of Abubakar, described it as tragic.
“Shocking, devastating & tragic news about the killing of @thenff’s head of protocol Ibrahim Abubakar by armed robbers this morning in Abuja.
“May God comfort Ibrahim Abubakar’s family, friends and
colleagues on this tragic, untimely loss. My heart is so heavy.”

Wizkid’s Babymama Shares Adorable New Photos Of Her & Son, Boluwatife



Wow!!! Check out these new photos of Wizkid's son Boluwatife, which his mom Shola ogudu shared on Instagram. More photos after the cut....


 



Twitter to expand tweets from 140 characters to 10,000


Twitter's most beloved features is set to change. The company is planning to
extend its 140-character limit to as many as 10,000, according to a person
familiar with the matter. Twitter’s fans were quick to complain that such a
change, expected to be announced by the end of March, would spoil the
brevity and speed of the real-time service.
The character limit that forces users to pen snappy tweets could give way to
the longer essays found on Facebook. It could transform Twitter into more of a public blogging platform rather than one that is succinct and well-suited to
quips and breaking news headlines.
This person said, however, that Twitter Inc. is aiming to retain the look and
feel of the user timeline. For tweets that are longer than 140 characters, users will have to click and expand to see the rest of the text. As users write
beyond the 140-character limit, Twitter will signal to them that they have
crossed the threshold as a way to encourage brevity.
 
   In a tweet on Tuesday after the news spilled out, co-founder and CEO
Jack Dorsey tweeted a screenshot of text, 1,317 characters with spaces,
explaining his thinking behind the expansion. “We’ve spent a lot of time
observing what people are doing on Twitter, and we see them taking
screenshots of text and tweeting it,” Mr. Dorsey wrote. “Instead, what if
that text…was actually text? Text that could be searched. Text that
could be highlighted. That’s more utility and power.” Despite the change,
Mr. Dorsey said Twitter will “never lose that feeling” of speed, creativity
and brevity.
"Despite the lamentations that the change will alter the spirit of Twitter,
the truth is that users have been clawing for a longer character limit for
some time. Loyal users often create so-called tweetstorms where they
string a series of tweets together by replying to them in numerical
succession. Users have also gone around the character restriction by
       attaching screenshots of longer text to their tweets.
In July 2015, Twitter expanded the 140-character limit on private messages to 10,000.
Twitter has been doing a bit of soul-searching to jump-start user growth ever
since the return of Mr. Dorsey as CEO in July. The debate to increase the
character limit has been in the works since as early as September.

Source: WSJ/Twitter blog

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Cynthia Morgan Acquires New Range Rover



Dancehall and reggae artiste Cynthia Morgan has just acquired a brand new Range Rover, which she shared on Instagram with the caption "And the Toy is here, New year,New Whip!!#blessings #cocaine #kruzz"

Lagos To Install 10,000 CCTV Cameras Across The State



The Lagos State Government yesterday said it had concluded plans to
install 10,000 Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras statewide as part
of measures to ensure that the state is secure against the activities of
terrorists in the light of the insurgency rocking the country
Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade,
said this while giving a breakdown of the 2016 budget, tagged ’The
Peoples’ Budget’, saying the government will also activate the existing
1,000 CCTV cameras already installed in the state.
According to him, “We will be expanding our ICT infrastructure statewide.
Consequently, a budget of N9.6 billion has been approved for this purpose
in 2016. This will include a Smart City project targeted at deploying
technology to enhance security in the state. It will also aid our revenue
generating efforts.
“We will be increasing coverage of CCTV installations in the state. Our
goal is to have over 10,000 active cameras, connected by Broadband. The
existing 1,000 cameras will be reactivated and these will be increased by
an additional 3,000 cameras after the completion of the first phase of this
project.”
Speaking on the need to beef up security and maintain law and order, the
Commissioner said ”We are all aware of the security challenges in the
country, and to manage this in the state we have committed about N23.5
billion for the maintenance of law and order, and to support security
services in the area of vehicles, security gadgets and logistics.
“We shall continue to enhance the welfare of our security agents by
providing allowances, fuelling of patrol vehicles and giving adequate life
insurance covers to motivate them in 2016. We will provide more buildings
for Police Area Commands in our state to enhance their performance. This
budget also includes projects that will enhance security of lives and
property in other areas of governance as previously enumerated.
“You will recall that this administration handed over equipment worth
N4.765 billion to the Lagos State Police Command in the last quarter of
2015. In addition to the activities mentioned earlier, we have also made
provisions for the completion of on-going court projects in Igando, Imota,
Ajegunle, as well as Judges’ Quarters at Falomo, to complement those
that had been completed.”
The Commissioner added that attention will be given to improving disaster
management, purchase of firefighting, occupational and public safety
equipment, and the construction of new fire stations and relief camps
across the state.
Ashade said geographic information systems and business solutions will be
given special attention in the course of the year.
According to him, activities to be covered under the platform include the
expansion of the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA)
residents’ registration exercise, the issuance of permanent resident’s
cards, and the consolidation of public financial management system
reforms.
He said the sum of N6.5 billion has been provided for in the budget for
2016.

Nigerian University Dropout Becomes A Stockbroker After Using His Student Loan To Start Trading & How Earns £30,000 On A Bad Month



Elijah Oyefeso, 21, trades on the stock market for just one hour a day to earn
his income. Elijah, from Camberwell, south London, who likes to show his
wealth on Instagram (inset) now lives in a £5,000 flat, buys expensive cars like the £150,000 Lamborghini he had sprayed gold (left), and likes to buy watches including a £21,000 Cartier watch that he’s worn twice. Read full story after the cut…

From UK Daily Mail
He said: ‘If you work hard you don’t need to look at the price tag, you just get
it.’ Elijah claims he bought his first Mercedes aged 18 but soon faced jealousy from his peers in the south London neighbourhood after his success.


He said: ‘They’ve come from the same area and they’re still in the same area
and went to school in the same area.
‘My mum came from west Africa and came with probably £100 in her pocket.’Elijah went to the University of Buckingham to study business management but put his student loan to good use.
He said: ‘I used my student loan during university and I thought “I could
actually do this”.
Elijah dropped out of university and started investing in the stock market with the cash sum. Within nine months, he claimed he was making tens of
thousands of pounds.

He claims his income on a ‘bad month’ will be between £20,000 and £30,000
but added: ‘On a good month, I don’t think I can tell you that.’
Elijah, who featured in Channel 4’s Rich Kids Go Shopping on Channel 4, was
filmed as he traded online, making £1,000 in just 15 minutes.
‘I’ve been trading for three years, I know when to stop,’ he said.
The most he’s lost in one go is nearly £10,000. ‘When you lose it, you get back up. If you lose 12 times, you get back up 12 times.


‘You want to leave a name when you’re gone. Think about JP Morgan, the
assets are worth 2.6 trillion. So that’s a lot.’
Elijah, who listens to classical music while trading, said: ‘There’s a saying, you are who you chill with. I chill with people who have half a million in the bank.
‘Earning £20 to £30,000 a month, in my world that’s not good. It motivates you to do more.’
Elijah pays £5,000 a month on his flat in Kensington, a stone’s throw from
department store Harrods.
His main expense is cars and when he was aged 20, he made sure he, literally,bhad one of London’s flashiest cars by paying £150,000 on a Lambourghini and painting it gold.
He said: ‘When you’re little you’ve got your ideal car, you’ve got your dream
car. Some kids are like “I want to get a Bugatti, I want to get a Ferrari”.
‘Some people are like “yeah yeah.” But I got it.’ That was my dream, I worked
for it, I got it.’
But Elijah made headlines in July when his Lamborghini crashed into his own £60,000 Bentley, with the repair work costing £55,000 on the Lamborghini.
He was left unfazed by it: ‘But that’s life, money comes and goes regardless.’
Elijah also has a collection of expensive watches, ranging from a Rolex to a
Cartier watch costing £21,000 which he has only worn a couple of times.
But he loves his watch collection, he said: ‘You’ve got to treat them like
princesses.’
He’s even given them names, calling one watch Michelle and another Aaliyah
after the singer.
Now that he is comfortably wealthy, Elijah has decided to do something for
someone else – he’s building a house in Africa for his mother.
He said: ‘It’s a surprise I haven’t told her yet.’

Source: UK Daily Mail