Nigerians React to Super Eagles' 1 - 1 Draw With Egypt

Heartbrak for Nigeria.
 Super Eagles on Friday were punished by the Pharaohs of Egypt after Mohammed Salah grabbed a last minute goal to cancel out Etebo's strike in a crucial AFCON 2017 qualifying match.
 The Eagles played a goalless first half in the hot weather of Kaduna state. The two sides had several chances to lead but couldn't convert them into goals. Ahmed Musa, El-neny came close and Kelechi Iheanacho's shot was blocked. Odion Ighalo also had a great opportunity to put the Eagles forward but missed the net from two yards out.
 Both teams started brightly in the second half with Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo troubling the Egyptian defense with deadly moves. Egypt also threatened with Mohammed Salah and looked dangerous.
 However Oghenekaro Etebo put the eagles forwards with a strike in the 59th minute. Iheanacho’s shot hits the cross bar and falls to Etobo who gladly rebounds home.
 Nigeria continued to search for the second goal with Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo and Moses Simon being denied by the Egyptian goalkeeper.
 The Eagles were on course for a win but gifted Mohammed Salah a goal at the last minute through poor defending.
 Egypt remains top of the group with 7 points. Nigeria trails with two points less.


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Alleged false declaration: FRN vs Tinubu was in error – CCT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, declined to quash the 13-count charge preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by the Federal Government. saraki dockThe Justice Danladi Umar-led panel held that the charge against him was valid and competent in law. The CCT said both the law that established it and the 1999 constitution, as amended, conferred it with the jurisdiction to hear and determine the case against the defendant. This came as legal luminaries, including retired and serving Supreme Court justices, picked holes in the trial, stressing that the CCT had no judicial powers to try criminal matters.
 Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/alleged-false-declaration-cct-declines-quash-charge-saraki/

Neighbours' fears over James May's plans for a new superhome... with space for 40 motorbikes and fleet of cars

Former Top Gear presenter James May appears to be racing into another bust-up, following Jeremy Clarkson's brawl with a BBC producer.
I hear that May has alarmed neighbours with plans to spend a slice of his £10 million fortune demolishing his West London home, which is in a conservation area, and building a superhome complete with a garage for his fleet of luxury motors, which includes a Ferrari with gold wheels.
According to plans filed last month, May, 53, will demolish the house he bought for £325,000 in 2000 and combine it with the semi-derelict property next door, for which he paid £310,000 five years ago, to store his 40 motorbikes and extensive collection of leathers


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When it comes to terror, isn’t it time we started listening seriously to Trump? Says Piers Morgan

How many more?
That’s all I could think this morning as news broke of yet another ISIS terror attack, this time in Brussels.
How many more innocent men, women and children are going to be blown to pieces by these murderous bastards?
How many more airports, train stations, sports stadiums, restaurants or concert halls will be obliterated in a hail of suicide bombs and bullets?
How many more world leaders will wring their hands on national television afterwards and spout pointless platitudes about the ‘poor brave victims’ and ‘heroic emergency services’?
How many taunting, gleeful claims of responsibility will the despicable perpetrators of these evil crimes be able to issue?
I’m sick of this, aren’t you?
Sick of feeling sick about such endless, senseless barbarism.
And the worst thing about it is that I see no end.
The inherent problem which causes it, chaotic war-torn instability in the Middle East, is getting worse, not better; just as the financial and military resource of the enemy is growing greater, not reducing.
Yet just as the world is crying out for strong decisive leadership, there is none.
America has a demob happy President Obama eeking out his last few months in office. A man whose infamous ‘leading from behind’ philosophy to foreign policy has been partly responsible for the war in Syria raging uncontrollably for five years – allowing fundamentalism to ferment.
Obama has zero interest in doing anything tangible to really deal with ISIS. This is now parked in the tray marked ‘next president’s problem.’
Europe, meanwhile, is splintering at the seams, ravaged by an unprecedented migration crisis that nobody seems to have a clue how to handle.
German chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to let a million migrants into its country is already seen to be an utter disaster.
France, reeling from two horrendous attacks in Paris, is understandably highly fearful of yet more terror coming its way.
Belgium officials effectively conceded today that they have no real way to protect themselves against the ISIS threat. A fact surely born out by the fact that today’s onslaught in Brussels happened right when the city most expected it, following the capture of Paris attacks suspect Saleh Abdeslam three days ago.
Britain, surely a target anytime soon, is on red alert but its warring politicians are too distracted by the upcoming EU referendum in June to pay anything more than lame lip service to terrorism.
So nobody seems to be doing anything concrete to stop ISIS, or even suggesting a new way to do so given the spectacular lack of success to date.
Well almost nobody.
By coincidence, I had an interview scheduled today with the world’s most controversial man, Donald Trump, for my UK show, Good Morning Britain.
It was set up a couple of weeks ago, but the timing was eerily prescient.
Here is one man who definitely has a plan to deal with ISIS terrorism. Several plans in fact.
The problem is that people don’t like them. Well, a lot of people don’t anyway.
Trump, current front-runner for the Republican nomination, wants to hit ISIS ‘so hard they never recover’.
(As he told me: ‘You've got to take them out and you've got to take them out harshly and you've got to take them out fast.’)
He also wants a short-term ban on Muslims entering the U.S. until, as he puts it, ‘we figure out what the hell is going on?’
And he wants to torture suspects like Abdeslam with techniques like water-boarding to try and extract information about future attacks.
Oh, and he wants to build a giant wall to stop illegal immigrants pouring over the Mexican border into America.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3504893/PIERS-MORGAN-comes-terror-isn-t-time-started-listening-seriously-Trump.html

Brussels attacks: Police hunt Zaventem bombings suspect

Belgian police have issued a wanted notice for a suspect after bomb attacks at Brussels' main airport and a metro station left more than 30 people dead.
The man was seen walking with two other suspects shortly before twin explosions tore through Zaventem airport.
Both men died in the attacks after detonating suicide devices, a Belgian prosecutor said.
Anti-terror raids have taken place across Belgium. So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attacks.
An online statement from the group said the locations were "carefully selected" and warned of worse to come for "Crusader states allied against the Islamic State".
The US State Department has urged US citizens of "potential risks" of travelling to Europe.
"Terrorist groups continue to plan near-term attacks throughout Europe, targeting sporting events, tourist sites, restaurants and transportation," a statement said.
Belgian prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said police were seeking a man wearing a hat and light-coloured jacket.
He said searches were taking place "in several parts of the country", adding that an explosive device containing nails, chemical products and an IS flag were found in an apartment in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels.
The raid in Schaerbeek reportedly followed a tip-off from a taxi driver who had driven the three suspected bombers to the airport.


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No to State of Emergency in Rivers, Ekiti states – Fayose

The governor who spoke to State House Correspondents at the end of the opening ceremony of the National Economic Council Summit at the Old Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja was reacting to the outcome of the national assembly/State House rerun elections in the state. Fayose condemned what he called the “militarization” of state during elections, saying that what happened in Rivers was a pointless display of ego. “They have been insinuating that too in Ekiti. We have been waiting for them. Power has gone beyond the leaders, power has gone back to the people. “There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow. “You want to declare state of emergency, declare it and we will tell you that the state of emergency will not work too. This country belongs to all of us.” The governor also condemned the election in its entirety, calling for transparency. He also expressed displeasure over the detention of Ekiti State Lawmaker by the Department of State Security, DSS. “I want to condemn the election in Rivers State. I want to condemn the militarization. “Like I said to some people yesterday, if in Ekiti election nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers election Rivers of Blood? “Because for a peaceful election in Ekiti and this in Rivers, the military has got no business in our election. “Now, I want to say that if you watch the trend, PDP has always won all the elections after the annulment, which means what happened in Rivers is just a service of ego of some individuals who believe they have Nigeria in their pockets. They can call the president at will to deploy the military and it’s unfortunate that somebody would allow the military to kill his own people. “I strongly condemn the elections in Rivers and charge that we sustain the legacy of transparent elections. “For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are prepared. We prepare for elections everyday and we are fully prepared. Ekiti youths protest continued detention of lawmaker Meantime, youths in Ekiti under the aegis of the National Youths Council (NYC), Ekiti State chapter, yesterday staged a peaceful protest against what they described as unlawful , continued detention of Honourable Afolabi Akanni, lawmaker representing Efon constituency at the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Many of the youths, who massed at the Fajuyi Park in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital marched in peaceful protest to Oke-Isa, Ejigbo, and the Federal High Court, stopping at each vantage point to address the teeming crowd following them, arguing that the continued detention of Akanni since March 4, during the alleged invasion of Ekiti Assembly Complex by men of the Department of State Services, (DSS), is not only illegal but a deliberate slap on the constitution of Nigeria.
 Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/no-state-emergency-rivers-ekiti-states-fayose/

How to generate a businesss idea

As stated in the quote above, ideas rule the world. It was someone’s idea that manifested as the electric bulb, the computer, the automobile etc., all came from an idea. So you need ideas; but right ideas “because you decide what ideas are right or wrong? For example, someone decides to sow and sell head pants, everyone laughs and say this is wrong idea. Nigerian youths Guess what, he goes ahead, and suddenly, head pants hit the fashion scene and he makes his millions. So, it’s not getting the right idea but getting your idea right. It is one thing to get an idea and another to get it right. In order to generate ideas, you must open yourself up to the process of getting ideas. There are two methods of generating a business idea: Creative methods and Systematic methods.
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NYSC Batch A Orientation Programme Postponed

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has shifted to April 27, the three-week Batch A Orientation course earlier scheduled to start on March 30.
 Abosede Aderibigbe, NYSC’s director of press and public relations, made the confirmation while responding to an inquiry by TheCable.
 Aderibigbe did not state any reason for the shift, but apologised to the prospective corps members over any inconvenience that the development could create.
“We wish to confirm the shift in date for the commencement of the 2016 Batch ‘A’ Orientation course,” she said.
 The new time-table for the course is as follows:
Stream I
 Commencement: Wednesday, 27th April, 2016
 Swearing-in ceremony: Friday, 29th April, 2016, Close of Camp: Friday, 13th May, 2016
Stream II
 Commencement: Saturday, 21st May, 2016 Swearing-in ceremony: Monday, 23rd May, 2016
 Close of Camp: Monday, 6th June, 2016.


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