RECALLED LAGOS DOCS VOW NOT TO RESUME UNTIL...

It is no longer news that the sacked Lagos Doctors have been recalled. What is new is that they have vowed not to resume work until they get letters reinstating them. They said since the LASG issued letters disengaging them, they should equally be issued letters now that they have been recalled. I think that makes a lotta sense though. Fashow! Just do ...

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BRENDAN ROGERS NEW LIVERPOOL MANAGER

Liverpool has appointed former Swansea Manager, Brendan Rogers as their new handler. The Merseyside club presented Northern Irishman Rodgers as the successor to Kenny Dalglish at a press conference on Friday. The 39-year-old guided Swansea to a respectable 11th place finish in the Premier League last season, their first campaign at the highest level since 1983.He led the club to promotion from the Championship via the play-offs after moving to Swansea in 2010 following spells in charge of Watford and Reading.Liverpool will appoint a sporting director to work alongside Rodgers.Brendan Said:"I'm really excited and I can't wait to get started on this incredible project going forward. I promise to dedicate...

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LAMPARD OUT OF EURO 2012

Frank Lampard is out of England's Euro 2012 campaign with a thigh injury suffered in training on Wednesday. The news was confirmed after the Chelsea midfielder, 33, was examined by medical staff after a scan. Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson will be called into the squad, subject to agreement from Uefa's medical team. "It's a huge blow for the team, especially coming after the loss of another senior player in Gareth Barry," said manager Roy Hodgson. "The fact that the doctor cannot guarantee Frank could take part in any of the group matches means we have to replace him in the central midfield area. "Apart from it being a huge blow to me and the team, I'm especially disappointed for Frank himself," he added. "He has been in very...

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CARLING CUP NOW 'CAPITAL ONE' CUP FROM NEXT SEASON.

Capital One has been confirmed as the title sponsor of the League Cup after signing a four- year deal with the Football League. The credit card brand will replace Carling from the start of the 2012/13 season. The Molson Coors owned brand all but ended its 14-year association in September last year after failing to agree an extension before the end of its exclusive negotiation period. The value of the deal is undisclosed. The Football League had been pushing hard to improve the £20m over three-years Carling is said to have paid and had cast its net globally to find a sponsor to match its aspirations to sell the now Capital One Cup to international broadcasters. Capital One is owned by US company Capital One Financial Corporation....

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11-year-old Syrian boy pretended to be dead to survive massacre

When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother's blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead. The Syrian boy tried to stophimself from trembling, even as the gunmen, with long beards and shaved heads, killed his parents and all four of his siblings, one by one. The youngest to die was Ali's brother, 6-year-old Nader. His small body bore two bullet holes — one in his head, another in his back. "I put my brother's blood all over me and acted like I was dead," Ali told The Associated Press over Skype on Wednesday, his raspy voice steady and matter-of-fact, five days after the killing spree that left him both an orphan and an only child. Ali is one of the few survivors of a weekend...

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PSG'S SHOCKING £150M BID FOR ROONEY!

The transfer rumour mill is agog with the report that PSG is packaging a £150M bid for Manchester United's most prized possession Wayne Rooney. PSG are likely to be heavily backed by their Qatari owners this summer, having splashed over £90 million on the likes of Javier Pastore and Thiago Motta last year. Report say they are ready to pushon with their bid to make an impact in Europe next season by launching an audacious bid to land Rooney that would smash the current transfer record. PSG have reportedly ring-fenced £120million in order to force Manchester United's hand, while they are also willing to vastly increase the former Everton forward's current pay packet in order to convince him to swap Manchester for Paris. Ha! Hmmm! This bid...

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'HE MUST TELL ME HIMSELF' GUARDIOLA WANTS TO MEET ABRAMOVIC

A team from Chelsea has traveled to Spain to lure the erstwhile Barca coach to Chelsea. He has been offered a whooping £11million per year. This will make him one of the best paid coaches in the world. But the true dealbreakers have nothing to do withmoney: among the assurances and enticements being dangled in front of Guardiola is a guarantee that therewill be no pressure at all to win trophies in his first two seasons in charge, thus allowing him time to reshape the club from the ground up. And a Chelsea source says that the Russian oil tycoon will do whatever it takes at the face-to-face meeting to bring Guardiola on board:"If it takes a big meeting with Abramovich to get the deal done, that's what must happen," a source sa...

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KIDNAPPED GERMAN KILLED BY ABDUCTORS IN KANO

His name is Raufach Edgar,a German. He worked for Dantata and Sawoe before he was abducted by unknown gunmen January 26,2012. The JTF had conducted a raid at Danbare area opposite the new campus of Bayero University Kano this morning after tracing the kidnapped German to the hideout where he was being held but the captors killed him before the JTF could apprehend them. JTF to brief press so...

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MAN FOUND WITH COCAINE ON SUPER EAGLES FLIGHT

The National Drug LawEnforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it was set to prosecute Okorafor Chijioke Daniel, the man caught with two kilograms of cocaine on Spain-bound Iberia flight conveyingSuper Eagles players on Saturday. The agency in a statement by the head of public affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the 45-year-old Daniel was arrested by operatives of the agency at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Ofoyeju stated that the 2 kilograms of the whitish substance that tested positive to cocaine were found concealed in the souls of 3 pairs of shoes contained in a bag that allegedly belong to Daniel who was also a passenger in the flight. He said the suspect has volunteered a written statement to the agency admitting ownership...

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VERY EMBARRASSING PUBLIC PUNISHMENTS

These are hilarious. ReShonda Tate Billingsley caught her 12-year-old daughter posing with a bottle of vodka in an Instagram photo, with the caption "I sure wish I could drink this!" Unfortunate, obviously. So ReShonda, obviously wise to how reputation and value allotment work on tweenage brats, decided to make her daughter pose with the above photo and post it to her Facebook page. Her daughter was mortified, of course. "She actually asked for a spanking instead; she begged for a spanking," Billingsley said. (Link | Via) Two Bedford PA women who stole a 9-year-old girl's gift card on her birthday publicized the matter as part of Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins' public punishment initiative. Fifty-six-year-old...

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HIJACKED BILLBOARDS, HILARIOUS

These Boards are so hilarious...its called hijacked adverts. ...

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PHOTO: OCCUPY UNILAG CONTINUES

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PHOTO: OCCUPY UNILAG ON-GOING

This picture shows students of Unilag protesting name change of the institution to MAU. O ma ga...

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UNILAG NOW MOSHOOD ABIOLA UNIVERSITY?

GEJ may have renamed UNILAG. The new name is Moshood Abiola University MAU. This is done to immortalise the acclaimed winner of the june 12 1993 presidential election annuled by I...

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Nigerian appointed London police first black commander

Victor Olisa, a UK-based Nigerian and a Chief Superintendent with the London Metropolitan Police has been appointed as the first black commander for Bexley local council in London. "Policing runs in the family and I have always wanted to be a police officer and ethnicity does not affect that" Olisa told the Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his reaction on the appointment in London. Olisa, whose grandfather was a police officer in Nigeria, said his focus was on the job rather than on being the ``first black'' adding that his ethnicity never affected the way he carried out his duties. ``I consider myself first and foremost a police officer. If (being black) is an advantage, then brilliant; If it's a disadvantage, I...

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EDEN HAZARD SIGNS FOR CHELSEA?

It looks like its a done deal if the twit by Hazard on his twitter page is anything to go by. Seems the hot boy has finally decided to sign for Chelsea.. He says i'm signing for the champions of Europe. Goodluck Hazard. He is 'Chelsea's Hazard' now. ...

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EURO 2012: MEET THE GERMAN MACHINES

Coach Joachim Low on Monday unveiled his final 23-man squad for next month's UEFA EURO 2012, cutting four players from his initial pre-list. Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who leaked five goals in an upset 5-3 loss to Switzerland in a friendly on the weekend, was omitted along with Stuttgart striker Cacau, Schalke's teenage midfielder Julian Draxler and Borussia Dortmund's Sven Bender. Germany open their Group B campaign against Portugal on 9 June before playing the 1988 winners Netherlands four days later and rounding off against 1992 champions Denmark on 17 June. Squad: Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hanover) Defenders: Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich),...

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PASSENGERS 'RUNS' OUT OF AIR NIGERIA PLANE THAT WONT START

Its a 7.am flight from Lagos to Abuja. All the passengers are seated and ready for the plane to take off. The voice of the pilot ripped through the PAS announcing a short delay in taking off because 'the engine won't start.' Ha! Plane wont start ke?! Na car??!! Before you know whats up, passengers were protesting asking to leave the plane...they eventually alighted and were refunded. If na you n...

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MOST EXPENSIVE CAR IN THE WORLD

The most expensive car in the world is the Veryon from Bugatti. It costs about $1.25 million. The engine is a W-16 (two V8s) that goes from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds and reaches its top speed of 255 mph in 55 seconds. Better start saving n...

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EVRA URGED HAZARD TO JOIN THE RED SIDE OF MANCHESTER

The Hot Boy! Patrice Evra, the United's left full back has 'advised' the in-form and in-demand Lilles's playmaker Eden Hazard to join Manchester United. Evra assured the Lille man that he will surely win laurels and trophies with the Reds Devils. In his words:   “I’m not his father but, if he comes to Manchester, I assure him that he will win titles. That’s if he joins my Manchester, not the Blue side.” Reports has linked hazard to Manchester City and Chelsea. Eden himself has given little or no indication as to the club he will eventually sign, but hinted that he wants a side that will allow him play in his playmaker role.  The boy is no doubt a hot commodity in Europe now...England seems to be his sure destination...

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SAD CASE OF COCAINE BURST

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the death of Edwin Ozoani, 34, a commercial bus driver, who died after a wrap of cocaine he ingested burst in his stomach.Mitchell Ofoyeju, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, said the deceased, who returned from Brazil on-board a South African Airline flight, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.“During screening, he tested positive to drug ingestion and was placed on observation,” he said. “He excreted 10 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine, weighing 180 grammes. While still under observation, he complained of stomach pain and was rushed to the hospital where he eventually died. A post-mortem examination revealed that his...

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EURO 2012: MEET THE SPANNIARDS

Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday by being included in Spain's 23-man squad for the European Championships. Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo was also selected among coach Vicente del Bosque's strikers, meaning there was no place for Roberto Soldado or Adrian Lopez, despite the latter's goalscoring debut against Serbia on Saturday. Atletico Madrid's Juanfran is included thanks in part to an injury suffered by Andoni Iraola in the cup final. Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas also made the final squad it despite being ruled out for up to ten days with a hamstring strain. Spain squad: Goalkeepers: Casillas (Real Madrid), Valdes (Barcelona), Reina (Liverpool); Defenders: Alba (Valencia), Albiol,...

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Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday by being included in Spain's 23-man squad for the European Championships. Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo was also selected among coach Vicente del Bosque's strikers, meaning there was no place for Roberto Soldado or Adrian Lopez, despite the latter's goalscoring debut against Serbia on Saturday. Atletico Madrid's Juanfran is included thanks in part to an injury suffered by Andoni Iraola in the cup final. Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas also made the final squad it despite being ruled out for up to ten days with a hamstring strain. Spain squad: Goalkeepers: Casillas (Real Madrid), Valdes (Barcelona), Reina (Liverpool); Defenders: Alba (Valencia), Albiol,...

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