Inter Milan return to top after Fiorentina and Juventus win

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3SdteCIMzLJOvL54l5bfRWfDc51D7uofBqsSapRqrZeWHA8HeS2JxAH6xukMEzSNiK3-8N2lt0NCFOSvDlVus-s9NgIbZe1H0F4VwRwlragEOq8IqUwbW-KOUEn3Urp3Z-dbP8gXcLo/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-721226"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236764193186393778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3SdteCIMzLJOvL54l5bfRWfDc51D7uofBqsSapRqrZeWHA8HeS2JxAH6xukMEzSNiK3-8N2lt0NCFOSvDlVus-s9NgIbZe1H0F4VwRwlragEOq8IqUwbW-KOUEn3Urp3Z-dbP8gXcLo/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-721226" /></a></p>Inter Milan held onto top spot in Serie A as Mauro<br>Icardi's goal earned a slender 1-0 victory at<br>Empoli.<p>The league leaders at Christmas were briefly<br>deposed by Fiorentina, but Inter -- far from<br>convincing against a plucky Empoli side -- are<br>again one point clear of La Viola following Icardi's<br>first-half stoppage-time strike at the Stadio Carlo<br>Castellani.<br>Two goals from Josip Ilicic had helped Fiorentina<br>briefly top with a 3-1 win over Palermo.<p>Paulo Sousa's Tuscans were largely grateful to<br>Ilicic, who returned to the Stadio Renzo Barbera<br>to smash a brace past his previous employers.<p>Alberto Gilardino also scored against his former<br>paymasters to set up a nervy finish but Jakub<br>Blaszczykowski made sure of the win with a third<br>goal for Fiorentina in stoppage time.<br>Juventus stormed back into the title race by<br>beating hapless Hellas Verona 3-0 to register an<br>eighth straight win.<p>Massimiliano Allegri's men -- the reigning<br>champions -- made a poor start to the season,<br>spending most of the autumn in mid-table after<br>kicking off their latest title defence with back-to-<br>back defeats.<p>But they are now well and truly in the fight for<br>the Scudetto with the likes of Inter Milan and<br>Napoli, thanks to goals from Paulo Dybala,<br>Leonardo Bonucci and substitute Simone Zaza at<br>the Juventus Stadium.<p>Winless Hellas, meanwhile, remain rooted to the<br>bottom of the table after losing for the 10th time.<p>Emanuele Giaccherini's late goal stunned AC Milan<br>as Bologna snatched a 1-0 victory at San Siro.<br>The on-loan Sunderland winger has struggled<br>with injuries this season but managed to make a<br>huge impact for resurgent Bologna at just the<br>right time.<br>Giaccherini's 82nd-minute strike will also send a<br>shockwave through the Milan camp, with a new-<br>year push for the Champions League places<br>already looking unrealistic for a club now fallen to<br>seventh place.<p>Substitute Simone Pepe had the last laugh in a<br>six-goal thriller that saw Chievo hold Roma to a<br>3-3 draw.<br>Champions League-chasing Roma were two goals<br>up at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi thanks<br>to Umar Sadiq and Alessandro Florenzi, but<br>Chievo hit back through Alberto Paloschi and<br>Dario Dainelli.<br>I<br>ago Falque then thought he had grabbed a late<br>winner for Roma, only for Pepe to climb off the<br>bench to score.<br>Ten-man Sassuolo shared the points with<br>Frosinone after a 2-2 draw at the Mapei Stadium.<br>Frosinone's Federico Dionisi opened the scoring<br>with a cross-shot in the 16th minute, but<br>Sassuolo were soon level, Gregoire Defrel's finish<br>taking a deflection off Arlind Ajeti on its way in.<p>Frosinone took the lead before the break as Ajeti<br>headed Daniel Pavlovic's corner into the net. In<br>the 75th minute Sassuolo equalised once more as<br>substitute Diego Falcinelli grabbed his first Serie A<br>goal when converting Alfred Duncan's lay-off.<br>Sassuolo's Lorenzo Pellegrini was dismissed in<br>stoppage time after picking up a second yellow<br>card.<p>Lazio's inconsistent form carried into the new year<br>as relegation-threatened Carpi ground out a 0-0<br>draw at the Stadio Olimpico.<br>The Biancocelesti are a disappointing 10th in<br>Serie A and do not look like making progress any<br>time soon, with a toothless first-half performance<br>summing up their approach to the season so far.<br>Earlier, Udinese held off Atalanta for a 2-1 victory<br>at Stadio Friuli.<p>Udinese took the lead in the 23rd minute when<br>Brazilian defender Felipe saw his back-post header<br>saved and Cyril Thereau was alert to lash in the<br>rebound for his seventh goal of the season.<br>The lead was doubled in first-half stoppage time<br>when Fernandes clipped over a cross from the left<br>which curled through the Atalanta penalty area to<br>Perica who headed home powerfully. <p>Atalanta<br>pulled a goal back with 16 minutes left when<br>Marco D'Alessandro scored from close range<br>following a deflected left-wing cross but were<br>unable to force an equaliser.

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Thierry Henry learning from Arsenal's Arsene Wenger about management

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM30m_rPBHCCfaa4hN-dkLisJbbaoKMSvLeiyfVcQQrTf0L3buUY7LcthuVDOFz4IU38LF-FthioGcJyCnGPcHzKOOtg1c38ivYp1KSbW9Chj5o4Bavq2xcN0OPQ9ung1AJKgnJtuXTSE/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-787372"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236763189697032642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM30m_rPBHCCfaa4hN-dkLisJbbaoKMSvLeiyfVcQQrTf0L3buUY7LcthuVDOFz4IU38LF-FthioGcJyCnGPcHzKOOtg1c38ivYp1KSbW9Chj5o4Bavq2xcN0OPQ9ung1AJKgnJtuXTSE/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-787372" /></a></p>Thierry Henry says Arsene Wenger is teaching<br>him how to be a manager, with the former striker<br>having returned to Arsenal to help train the club's<br>youth teams this season.<br>Henry became Arsenal's all-time leading scorer<br>during his time as a player, and is now working<br>toward getting his coaching licence at the club.<p>He said he is making the most of the opportunity<br>to learn from the current Premier League's most<br>experienced manager, having regular chats with<br>Wenger about every aspect of leading a club.<p>"We speak about training youngsters and how it's<br>different to training senior players. We talk about<br>being a manager, we talk about players from the<br>academy. I will ask him questions on how to deal<br>with certain situations," Henry told Arsenal<br>Magazine.<br>Henry scored a club-record 228 goals in 377<br>appearances with Arsenal, leading the team to<br>two Premier League titles and three FA Cups in<br>his eight-year stint.<br>His performances earned him a statue outside<br>Emirates Stadium, but the former France striker<br>says he still has a lot to learn about the coaching<br>aspects at a top club.<p>"I have a certain view of how I would like teams to<br>play but it's one thing to have a view and another<br>to try and execute it. For example are you still<br>going to maintain that philosophy if you've lost<br>two or three games, while fans are upset, the<br>press is having a go and players are storming into<br>your office?" he said.<p>"It's all stuff I'm learning. How to stay strong, how<br>to remain in the same direction despite enduring<br>problems."<br>Having seen his former France teammate<br>Zinedine Zidane take over as Real Madrid coach<br>this week, Henry might be tempted to start<br>dreaming about one day succeeding Wenger as<br>Arsenal manager. For now, though, Henry said<br>he's happy just to be involved with the club<br>again.<p>"I asked the boss and he said to come, train with<br>the under-18s and 19s and help conduct<br>sessions. I'm just an assistant at the minute, I'm<br>not a coach but it's great, as you can imagine,"<br>Henry said. "It's the place I love, there's so much<br>emotion for me here so this was always going to<br>be where I wanted to start my coaching."

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"They want to poison him" PDP reacts to olisah methu's arrest and detention

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlJlR1g_v_epiPRujDE3_kDAtgAplmR8e5KB7wZNX26vdQIPANQKzmZde6AaBdn-JZy3CTmANaBJecgaOWm0V3Iu4TfKoAcV7ZOowDypo8notxGsm9ot_7d6ShL5_FNLlGuaN1r79S32j/s1600/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-724197.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236550747108735922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlJlR1g_v_epiPRujDE3_kDAtgAplmR8e5KB7wZNX26vdQIPANQKzmZde6AaBdn-JZy3CTmANaBJecgaOWm0V3Iu4TfKoAcV7ZOowDypo8notxGsm9ot_7d6ShL5_FNLlGuaN1r79S32j/s320/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-724197.jpg" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an<br> alarm over alleged plans by the Economic Crimes and<br> Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to poison its national publicity, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was arrested<br> earlier today.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to a press statement obtained released by(PDP), the opposition party believes that the anti-graft agency may be planning to break Metuh and possibly poison him. Chief Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently in<br> EFCC custody.</p> <p dir="ltr">Read the statement below:<br> "The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic<br> Party (PDP) demands an immediate release of the<br> party's National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh,<br> who was Tuesday morning invited and detained by the<br> Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC</p> <p dir="ltr">"This development, which did not come to us as a surprise given series of threats to our party's spokesman by the APC and the Federal Government,<br> who are obviously not comfortable with our stance on the confused state of the nation under their watch, is a<br> continuation of APC's grand design to silence and<br> decimate the PDP.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The arrest of Chief Metuh today underscores the<br> growing political intolerance in our country and the foisting of a police state which was last Wednesday underscored by the President and Commander-in-Chief<br> himself, who defended why a government in a democracy should flout constitutional provision and brazenly disobey court orders.</p> <p dir="ltr">"This onslaught against our spokesman, according to<br> intelligence available to us is part of a larger script by<br> the government to ensure that PDP wings are finally<br> clipped in their mission to install a dictatorial one-party state in the country.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The excesses of security agencies under this<br> government, especially the Directorate of Security<br> Services (DSS) and the EFCC, in abridging the human<br> rights of PDP members have become worrisome and a<br> threat to our democratic evolution.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Nigerians and the international community will recall that on a number of occasions, the PDP, through its spokesman has been outspoken on some undemocratic proclivities being exhibited by the APC-<br> led Federal Government in the last seven months.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The PDP insists that for whatever reason Chief Metuh<br> was arrested, his rights as a citizen under the law must<br> not be trampled upon. We therefore demand for his<br> immediate release and that due process of investigation and prosecution concerning him should be strictly adhered to.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We state this because we have been made aware of<br> top directives to break Chief Metuh and if possible<br> poison him during his detention by the EFCC.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Chief Metuh, has since his arrest at about 10 am(Tuesday), has<br> been kept incommunicado, with his lawyers denied access to him.<br> "The PDP declares the arrest of our spokesman as the<br> last straw that may break our democracy. We therefore<br> forewarn the Federal Government and its agencies to save our democracy and forthwith release our National<br> Publicity Secretary.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We are also calling on the international community<br> and well-meaning Nigerians to stand up for this democracy, which our party nurtured for 16 years and<br> deepened to a level where the opposition, for the first<br> time in our political history, had the opportunity to win<br> in a general election."</p> <p dir="ltr">As at the time of filing this report, it was not clear what<br> the situation was with the PDP publicity secretary as no<br> one had been able to hear from him.</p>

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"They want to poison him" PDP reacts to olisah methu's arrest and detention

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1jBIToyWjFCxdSszldBiuj8oOJypLFBIHmnNYvSUDss2hoj-mD05FC8fkd22MKHo2ExKuRU-oBSHTWHIfyPEAMmYoLV94t2vaDWs2gHoXtoboFc-zvvcD_lBPO2UvMHcO-l7vJWP0xot/s1600/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-706620.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236544658508187106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1jBIToyWjFCxdSszldBiuj8oOJypLFBIHmnNYvSUDss2hoj-mD05FC8fkd22MKHo2ExKuRU-oBSHTWHIfyPEAMmYoLV94t2vaDWs2gHoXtoboFc-zvvcD_lBPO2UvMHcO-l7vJWP0xot/s320/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-706620.jpg" /></a></p><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <a href="mailto:danyrayofficial@gmail.com">danyrayofficial@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Jan 6, 2016 4:57 AM<br>Subject: "They want to poison him" PDP reacts to olisah methu's arrest and detention <br>To: <<a href="mailto:realkrisyjayz.riwo@blogger.com">realkrisyjayz.riwo@blogger.com</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an<br> alarm over alleged plans by the Economic Crimes and<br> Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to poison its national publicity, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was arrested<br> earlier today.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to a press statement obtained released by(PDP), the opposition party believes that the anti-graft agency may be planning to break Metuh and possibly poison him. Chief Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently in<br> EFCC custody.</p> <p dir="ltr">Read the statement below:<br> "The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic<br> Party (PDP) demands an immediate release of the<br> party's National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh,<br> who was Tuesday morning invited and detained by the<br> Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC</p> <p dir="ltr">"This development, which did not come to us as a surprise given series of threats to our party's spokesman by the APC and the Federal Government,<br> who are obviously not comfortable with our stance on the confused state of the nation under their watch, is a<br> continuation of APC's grand design to silence and<br> decimate the PDP.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The arrest of Chief Metuh today underscores the<br> growing political intolerance in our country and the foisting of a police state which was last Wednesday underscored by the President and Commander-in-Chief<br> himself, who defended why a government in a democracy should flout constitutional provision and brazenly disobey court orders.</p> <p dir="ltr">"This onslaught against our spokesman, according to<br> intelligence available to us is part of a larger script by<br> the government to ensure that PDP wings are finally<br> clipped in their mission to install a dictatorial one-party state in the country.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The excesses of security agencies under this<br> government, especially the Directorate of Security<br> Services (DSS) and the EFCC, in abridging the human<br> rights of PDP members have become worrisome and a<br> threat to our democratic evolution.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Nigerians and the international community will recall that on a number of occasions, the PDP, through its spokesman has been outspoken on some undemocratic proclivities being exhibited by the APC-<br> led Federal Government in the last seven months.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The PDP insists that for whatever reason Chief Metuh<br> was arrested, his rights as a citizen under the law must<br> not be trampled upon. We therefore demand for his<br> immediate release and that due process of investigation and prosecution concerning him should be strictly adhered to.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We state this because we have been made aware of<br> top directives to break Chief Metuh and if possible<br> poison him during his detention by the EFCC.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Chief Metuh, has since his arrest at about 10 am(Tuesday), has<br> been kept incommunicado, with his lawyers denied access to him.<br> "The PDP declares the arrest of our spokesman as the<br> last straw that may break our democracy. We therefore<br> forewarn the Federal Government and its agencies to save our democracy and forthwith release our National<br> Publicity Secretary.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We are also calling on the international community<br> and well-meaning Nigerians to stand up for this democracy, which our party nurtured for 16 years and<br> deepened to a level where the opposition, for the first<br> time in our political history, had the opportunity to win<br> in a general election."</p> <p dir="ltr">As at the time of filing this report, it was not clear what<br> the situation was with the PDP publicity secretary as no<br> one had been able to hear from him.</p> </blockquote></div>

"They want to poison him" PDP reacts to olisah methu's arrest and detention

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Read Rafa benitez's statement after sack r

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tn9ROOcPWP7-t_Dy2K2wrycV3Qw2wohfskW8wIeMt16Q-8_BUDSabxauZ4CZKGq_hwpJ70uQuuixyfs5X04FmLKUYaLhfAblxKo-R4hbJ5o2UeNsQfOVqi4vN6femWTTlW2bfqAaY0xH/s1600/MALA-798216.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236522719732138738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tn9ROOcPWP7-t_Dy2K2wrycV3Qw2wohfskW8wIeMt16Q-8_BUDSabxauZ4CZKGq_hwpJ70uQuuixyfs5X04FmLKUYaLhfAblxKo-R4hbJ5o2UeNsQfOVqi4vN6femWTTlW2bfqAaY0xH/s320/MALA-798216.jpg" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">Rafa Benitez has released a statement<br> following his sack as Real Madrid manager<br> after just seven months and three losses. In<br> a statement released on his website, the 55-<br> year-old Madrid native thanked those at Real Madrid for allowing him to work at the club and wished his successor Zinedine Zidane luck for the future. Read the statement after the jump…</p> <p dir="ltr">He wrote:<br> "Now, at the end of my time as first team coach of Real Madrid, I would like to use this article to say goodbye to everyone at every level of the club. I want everyone at the club from the board of directors, executives, workers and all of the fans, know that it has been an honour and privilege to be in charge at this club where I grew up as a person, player and coach from the lowest categories through to the first team.</p> <p dir="ltr">"As a Madridista from Madrid, steeped in the traditions and values of this institution, which I learned in the old sports city of Castellana, it has been an honour to work for these colours. I would especially like to thank everyone at the new sports city and the Santiago Bernabéu who since my first steps through the door have supported me and made my work easier. Thanks to all for helping.</p> <p dir="ltr">"With all that I have said still in mind, I would like to wish good luck to Zinedine Zidane, my successor, and his staff. <br> To all the players, coaches and staff in both Valdebebas and Bernabéu, I wish all the best and also good luck.<br> "With all my respect and thanks… HALA MADRID and NOTHING ELSE.</p>

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Nnamdi kanu's wife delivers baby boy.

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVRNN2T-DCKOq9hxghc_ovT_1Ap0ybt5f62VVfA4KOYHnSUnFEEkxIzEViEOj4O9MjTnXox4EYF9WyKOlXtj1MhpVOhJrLwXnWEUMlCk6u5tiil78kUBCqEgZ2IRAirauqDVYGGDw53T5/s1600/CKOMZzDWUAE5mBC-779077.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236516193520697298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVRNN2T-DCKOq9hxghc_ovT_1Ap0ybt5f62VVfA4KOYHnSUnFEEkxIzEViEOj4O9MjTnXox4EYF9WyKOlXtj1MhpVOhJrLwXnWEUMlCk6u5tiil78kUBCqEgZ2IRAirauqDVYGGDw53T5/s320/CKOMZzDWUAE5mBC-779077.jpg" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">The embattled Radio Biafra director has welcomed a baby boy ..His wife ,Uchechi Okwu Kanu was already heavily pregnant during his arrest ..<br> The official announcement on his "Biafrans with Nnamdi<br> Kanu" facebook page read<br> Good morning great Biafrans with joy in our hearts and celebration of new arrival<br> to IPOB family, our first lady the wife of our eminent leader Joshua Nnamdi Kanu has delivered a healthy baby boy, mother and child are in good health,"</p>

Nnamdi kanu's wife delivers baby boy.

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Olisa Metuh dpokes person of the opposition pdp has been whisked away by officials of the EFCC.

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PaaYxariPIMK8cXUdWJuNFy6hDsyp7qY2jE-AbrZJ7vvOn_uk5Hxy7d1pB0nxMNu1qiUVsDtU4_8qMQECQbXFgIAxOkECsaNLh3NVkoGY5uEA-OC7mjcbK9g297HIm6y8pCLAIdP3eC7/s1600/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-771744.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236516593361708770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PaaYxariPIMK8cXUdWJuNFy6hDsyp7qY2jE-AbrZJ7vvOn_uk5Hxy7d1pB0nxMNu1qiUVsDtU4_8qMQECQbXFgIAxOkECsaNLh3NVkoGY5uEA-OC7mjcbK9g297HIm6y8pCLAIdP3eC7/s320/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-771744.jpg" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">Officials of the Economic and<br> Financial Crimes Commission<br> (EFCC) on Tuesday, January 5,<br> stormed the Abuja home of the<br> spokesman the Peoples<br> Democratic Party (PDP), Chief<br> Olisa Metuh and whisked him<br> away.<br></p> <p dir="ltr">According to a statement by Richard Ihediwa, the special assistant to the party's national publicity secretary, the anti-graft agency stormed the compound this morning and asked Metuh to follow them to the<br> commission's headquarters.<br> He said the operatives who were four in number came in a White unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, adding that when they were asked the<br> reason for the invitation, the<br> officials stated that he has some issues to clear with the commission.</p> <p dir="ltr">The special assistant said the<br> commission, however, stated that Metuh was not being arrested but friendly invited.<br> Ihediwa further disclosed that as at the time of issuing this statement, Metuh is still being kept at the<br> commission's headquarters and his lawyers were making frantic efforts to reach him.</p> <p dir="ltr">He said though details of why<br> Metuh was invited is yet to be made public by the commission, he<br> recalled that severally the PDP<br> spokesman had alerted in various press conferences and statements that he has been under threat and that the ruling party and the government have been very uncomfortable with his stance.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to him, the latest being the outburst and threats by the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun in reaction to Chief Metuh's criticisms of President Buhari's widely criticized response on government's disobedience of court orders, during the last<br> Wednesday's Presidential Media chat.<br> The special assistant said the office of the national publicity secretary will keep the public updated on any development on the issue.</p> <p dir="ltr">Recall that Metuh was implicated in the $2.1 billion arms contracts as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N1.4 billion to the account of a company allegedly linked to him.</p> <p dir="ltr">The PDP stalwart had earlier alleged that his life was under threat by some suspected federal government agents, and in a stone throw, report also emerged that the Department of State Service invited him for<br> questioning but his party dismissed the report that he was under investigation by the EFCC.</p>

Olisa Metuh dpokes person of the opposition pdp has been whisked away by officials of the EFCC.

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Olisa Metuh dpokes person of the opposition pdp has been whisked away by officials of the EFCC.

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFkMmioeqbvoGcBYY11uG-Yp3mBwf-yYu72fgznbQ0XsZKWSYkqEg6NyWcNiwk-0YOxch63SdzYjIcIxsqg_AOikZEJJnqDbpenInO7Va1iNMXW2BjrrrUJ1BaM280xwH00kjkTJA1ONs/s1600/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-707434.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236401644219037026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFkMmioeqbvoGcBYY11uG-Yp3mBwf-yYu72fgznbQ0XsZKWSYkqEg6NyWcNiwk-0YOxch63SdzYjIcIxsqg_AOikZEJJnqDbpenInO7Va1iNMXW2BjrrrUJ1BaM280xwH00kjkTJA1ONs/s320/vllkyt4aej41bdfvq.671a89a6-707434.jpg" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">Officials of the Economic and<br> Financial Crimes Commission<br> (EFCC) on Tuesday, January 5,<br> stormed the Abuja home of the<br> spokesman the Peoples<br> Democratic Party (PDP), Chief<br> Olisa Metuh and whisked him<br> away.<br></p> <p dir="ltr">According to a statement by Richard Ihediwa, the special assistant to the party's national publicity secretary, the anti-graft agency stormed the compound this morning and asked Metuh to follow them to the<br> commission's headquarters.<br> He said the operatives who were four in number came in a White unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, adding that when they were asked the<br> reason for the invitation, the<br> officials stated that he has some issues to clear with the commission.</p> <p dir="ltr">The special assistant said the<br> commission, however, stated that Metuh was not being arrested but friendly invited.<br> Ihediwa further disclosed that as at the time of issuing this statement, Metuh is still being kept at the<br> commission's headquarters and his lawyers were making frantic efforts to reach him.</p> <p dir="ltr">He said though details of why<br> Metuh was invited is yet to be made public by the commission, he<br> recalled that severally the PDP<br> spokesman had alerted in various press conferences and statements that he has been under threat and that the ruling party and the government have been very uncomfortable with his stance.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to him, the latest being the outburst and threats by the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun in reaction to Chief Metuh's criticisms of President Buhari's widely criticized response on government's disobedience of court orders, during the last<br> Wednesday's Presidential Media chat.<br> The special assistant said the office of the national publicity secretary will keep the public updated on any development on the issue.</p> <p dir="ltr">Recall that Metuh was implicated in the $2.1 billion arms contracts as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N1.4 billion to the account of a company allegedly linked to him.</p> <p dir="ltr">The PDP stalwart had earlier alleged that his life was under threat by some suspected federal government agents, and in a stone throw, report also emerged that the Department of State Service invited him for<br> questioning but his party dismissed the report that he was under investigation by the EFCC.</p>

Olisa Metuh dpokes person of the opposition pdp has been whisked away by officials of the EFCC.

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Pep Guardiola: I want to coach in Premier League ,manchester clubs on red alert

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvRLzUxK1DoaCadtkFU9LN1gTdRz3X-rNkzkt2MAUU5tfU9oHFuujijzRABgWT4tz478nP8JtrBYWFv3V_ndSwbPaJFSS-YDA7naH586xfw0_Rr1TMDVEjCnVBBlVO_HRkc0M1DWFG7w/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-767872"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236380424946150770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvRLzUxK1DoaCadtkFU9LN1gTdRz3X-rNkzkt2MAUU5tfU9oHFuujijzRABgWT4tz478nP8JtrBYWFv3V_ndSwbPaJFSS-YDA7naH586xfw0_Rr1TMDVEjCnVBBlVO_HRkc0M1DWFG7w/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-767872" /></a></p>Pep Guardiola has confirmed he wants to manage<br>in England when he leaves Bayern Munich in the<br>summer.<p>Bayern announced last month that Guardiola had<br>decided not to extend his three-year deal with the<br>Bundesliga champions, and they have already<br>named Carlo Ancelotti as his successor.<p>"I want to coach in Premier League," Guardiola<br>told a news conference. "That is the reason I did<br>not prolong my contract."<br>The former Barcelona coach has been strongly<br>linked with Manchester City, but Manchester<br>United, Chelsea and Arsenal have also been<br>touted as potential options.<p>Guardiola dismissed suggestions that a deal with<br>City was already in place. "I have offers from<br>England, but I have not signed a contract yet,"<br>he said. "When I have a new contract, then we<br>will communicate it. I can't say more right now. I<br>have not signed a contract yet."<br>In 2013, he had replaced the Jupp Heynckes,<br>then 68 years old, as Bayern boss after the team<br>had won the treble.<p>"If I were as old as Jupp Heynckes was during his<br>last stint, I would have stayed," he said. "But I am<br>still young enough, only 44 -- I want a new<br>challenge now.<p>"Three years are enough. I am not comfortable<br>with staying at one club for 30 years. I want new<br>restaurants, a new city, a new challenge.<br>"When I got to Munich, people asked, 'Why<br>Germany and not England?' I want to experience<br>the emotions there. Why England? That's my<br>instinct right now."<p>Before last month's announcement that Guardiola<br>would be leaving, there had been various reports<br>detailing his apparent frustrations in Munich.<br>However, he said: "It was a dream, it is a dream. I<br>am very grateful to FC Bayern for this huge<br>opportunity.<br>"The club have given me an exceptional squad<br>here. Maybe the folks don't understand it, but I<br>need new challenges, to experience new<br>emotions, to try it in a new stadium.<br>"I need new challenges in my career. I need to<br>test myself in new situations. Changes are also<br>good for the clubs. I think it's good for everyone --<br>for the journalists too."<br>It had been reported that Guardiola's wife was<br>reluctant to move to Manchester, but he played<br>down that idea, citing his time as a player with<br>Brescia in Italy.<p>"The people in the city are important," he said. "I<br>have lived in Brescia -- it's not a beautiful town."<p>Several Premier League games, including<br>Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Chelsea and<br>those involving Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, have<br>been screened in Germany during the<br>Bundesliga's winter break, and a Sport Bild<br>journalist asked Guardiola about the "terrible<br>football" in the English top flight.<br>However, Guardiola appeared to misunderstand<br>the question, replying: "That's why I like that. I<br>like to take risks."<br>He also dismissed the idea that he would look to<br>take players from the Allianz Arena to his next<br>club, saying: "FC Bayern Munich players have to<br>stay here next season. I have great respect."<br>It had been hoped that Guardiola, a two-time<br>Champions League winner at Barca, would lead<br>Bayern to further European success after their<br>2013 triumph, but they have been eliminated at<br>the semifinal stage in both of his attempts so far.<p>"The Champions League is always down to<br>momentum," he said. "I want to win the<br>Champions League. ... That's my wish. We will try<br>it. But things happen in Champions League.<br>"The media say that, should we not win the<br>Champions League, my job here would be<br>incomplete. I understand that. I can handle that<br>pressure. But it's not easy to win Champions<br>League."<p>He also praised the appointment of former AC<br>Milan, Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Ancelotti.<br>"Congratulations to the club and Carlo," he said.<br>"It's a perfect decision. I want to leave him the<br>best squad.<p>"[Bayern CEO] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has done<br>a great job. One coach leaves, the other one<br>comes in. Stability is the most important thing.<br>The squad is important at the moment. The<br>squad has won with Jupp Heynckes, they have<br>won with us, and they will win with Ancelotti."

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APC Turns Searchlight On Ngige’s Replacement

<a href="http://www.talkofnaija.com/media/k2/items/cache/52c19d64ae528eb4a47f6db8faa8ffed_XL.jpg" rel="{handler: 'image'}" style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; bottom: 0px; display: inline !important; left: 0px; outline: none 0px; overflow: hidden; position: inherit; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 1050;" title="Click to preview image"><img alt="APC shops for candidate in Anambra Central fresh poll as Chris Ngige has pulled out" src="http://www.talkofnaija.com/media/k2/items/cache/52c19d64ae528eb4a47f6db8faa8ffed_L.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: medium none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; padding: 8px; width: 600px;"></a><br><div style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 340px; padding: 8px 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="itemImageBlock" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 8px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span class="itemImageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); float: left; display: block; font-size: 11px;">APC shops for candidate in Anambra Central fresh poll as Chris Ngige has pulled out</span><div class="clr" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; float: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;"></div></div><div class="itemFullText b" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; text-align: justify; width: 340px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left;"><ins id="aswift_3_expand" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-table; border: none; height: 280px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><ins id="aswift_3_anchor" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border: none; height: 280px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><iframe width="336" height="280" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="true" id="aswift_3" name="aswift_3" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;"></iframe></ins></ins></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ahead of the fresh election in Anambra Central senatorial zone in March this year, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has turned its searchlight for a candidate to fly the flag of the party.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige was the senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone and the APC candidate in the March 28, 2015 election, but lost his re-election bid to the PDP standard flag-bearer, Hon. Uche Ekwunife, who will later be sacked by the Appeal court.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">But following Ngige withdrawal from the race, as a result of his recent appointment as Minister of Labour and Productivity, the APC in Anambra state has started shopping for a candidate that will fly the flag of the party, Vanguard reports.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">Ngige formally announced his withdrawal from the race at an emergency meeting of the state executive members and stakeholders of the party in Awka, following a resolution by the party contained in a six-paragraph statement.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">The statement by Ngige and Emeka Ibeh, the state chairman of the party, praised the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu that nullified the Anambra Central senatorial election on March 28, 2015 and ordered fresh poll.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">The statement reads: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Our candidate in that last senatorial election is also the incumbent Minister of Labour and Employment. We observe the importance of this national assignment and the scourge of unemployment in the country. We therefore, request our leader and Senator Ngige to continue with his national assignment. He had earlier discharged the function as a credible senator in the 7th Senate.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Because our party, the APC, is now the party to beat, the party will use its machinery in conjunction with our national party structure to nominate a credible substitute which our leader will now deliver in the 8th Senate." <br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">Hon. Ekwunife had polled 101548 votes to outsmart her closest rival and Chief Victor Umeh, the national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), who garnered 77129 votes, even as Sen. Ngige of APC got only 20850 votes in the March 28 2015 election.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 340px;">Announcing the result, Dr. Pius Okoye, the INEC returning officer attested that the poll was free, fair and credible.</p></div></div><div><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">However, an appeal sitting in Enugu, nullified the election of Uche Ekwunife, as the Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, following an appeal filed by Chief Victor Umeh of APGA.</span></div><div>man*</div>

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp not thinking about Mario Balotelli return

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKZy_zd0Hs-r8pFAeGdPiPGzAQiAdEHzMaIpwfLstppPYQAezG19clj6D-136qjY3-BRFhyphenhyphenH8XbhflrKLbm2sZ02arWVqWGLRtR6ezt7jJ4OulHMVLqGTpazsUpyu-fwNwsiHu8LF_5g/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-798807"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236259012073550226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKZy_zd0Hs-r8pFAeGdPiPGzAQiAdEHzMaIpwfLstppPYQAezG19clj6D-136qjY3-BRFhyphenhyphenH8XbhflrKLbm2sZ02arWVqWGLRtR6ezt7jJ4OulHMVLqGTpazsUpyu-fwNwsiHu8LF_5g/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-798807" /></a></p>Jurgen Klopp has played down the idea that Mario<br>Balotelli is in line to make a return to Liverpool.<p>Balotelli, 25, re-joined AC Milan on a season-long<br>loan in the summer, with no agreement currently<br>in place to make the move permanent.<br>After a disappointing season at Liverpool that<br>brought the £16 million acquisition only one<br>Premier League goal, Balotelli was told to find a<br>new club by former Reds manager Brendan<br>Rodgers.<p>Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola, though, suggested<br>last week that he would seek talks with Klopp to<br>establish whether the striker featured in the new<br>manager's plans.<br>However, Klopp told a news conference on<br>Monday that there are currently no plans to bring<br>the former Manchester City player back into the<br>fold, even with Liverpool looking in need of extra<br>attacking options.<p>"At this moment I don't have the time and<br>capacity to think about things for next summer,"<br>Klopp said.<p>"Maybe his agent says this and we will have a talk<br>with his agent, but it's nothing I can think about<br>in this moment. I am just thinking about what we<br>can change in this moment."<p>Raiola had told Sky Sports News it was possible<br>his client could return to Merseyside.<br>"Theoretically and by law, yes," Raiola said. "He's<br>owned by Liverpool so at the end of the season he<br>should go back to Liverpool."<p>Asked if he planned to speak to Klopp soon about<br>that possibility, he said: "For sure. That is part of<br>my job, to speak to all the managers. I know<br>Klopp from [representing] Henrikh Mkhitaryan at<br>Dortmund.<p>"If we talk about the quality and the talent Mario<br>has, that is without question. Then you also need<br>a manager that believes in you and gives you the<br>chance to prove yourself. We will talk to him<br>when it is time to talk to him."<br>He admitted, though, that Balotelli would have<br>work to do to persuade those at Anfield he was<br>worth having back, with questions over his work<br>rate in addition to the lack of goals.<br>"He had to go away because with Brendan there<br>was no possibility to develop anymore," said<br>Raiola.<p> "There was a preconception towards Mario<br>and I think from his private part of life he has<br>proven them wrong. But we have to be realistic.<p>He didn't perform well in 2015 and 2016 needs to<br>be his year. That is his challenge."

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Hazard injury not as bad as Chelsea first feared, according to sources

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28G8kRCnhTlIWf-4WbgohyxD0sOw5-aTi4CFm7ZP7O_TFj4JhIw7tXsqCrU47OIBIL-wiLAbu9uHbKKsvCG31NFI_aZieFyms1CbZsbOSAP9RIof4FzIyLy-wvVx6Q7gSZCj_K7ye_kQ/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-792418"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236211734936128738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28G8kRCnhTlIWf-4WbgohyxD0sOw5-aTi4CFm7ZP7O_TFj4JhIw7tXsqCrU47OIBIL-wiLAbu9uHbKKsvCG31NFI_aZieFyms1CbZsbOSAP9RIof4FzIyLy-wvVx6Q7gSZCj_K7ye_kQ/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-792418" /></a></p>Chelsea have been handed a boost with the news<br /><br>that Eden Hazard's groin injury is not as serious<br /><br>as first feared, sources have told ESPN FC.<br /><br><br /><br>Hazard was forced to limp off after just 15<br /><br>minutes of Sunday's 3-0 win over Crystal Palace<br /><br>after suffering the groin injury.<br /><br>Hazard suffered a similar injury in Jose Mourinho's<br /><br>final game in charge against Leicester City last<br /><br>month and was forced to miss the win over<br /><br>Sunderland the following week.<br /><br><br /><br>The Belgium international underwent a scan on<br /><br>the problem on Monday and tests have shown no<br /><br>serious damage to the groin.<br /><br><br /><br>Chelsea are hopeful that the injury will only<br /><br>sideline Hazard for two weeks which will rule him<br /><br>out of the FA Cup clash with Scunthorpe and next<br /><br>week's Premier League clash with West Bromwich<br /><br>Albion.<br /><br><br /><br>Hazard has endured a difficult season to date at<br /><br>Stamford Bridge, having failed to score so far this<br /><br>season, while he was also singled out for criticism<br /><br>from by some of the club's fans after Chelsea's<br /><br>poor start to the season led to the sacking of<br /><br>Mourinho last month.

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Mark Zuckerberg's response to a woman who advised her granddaughters to date "Nerds" in school

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyMgMhAgxyj4WXLwQz6Z2uJnGTjvn8-DCVShQCO5WfyrRGJkO8cdX-47PKaemdS-0imULPXSK7-QCWRG8btlX8efbzP9pdOj43QSYYs1CCYAAIlq37fWMQAp_zyXVqs9d6tk8xHXiuow/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaW5kZXguanBn%253F%253D-746289"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236022560285278290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyMgMhAgxyj4WXLwQz6Z2uJnGTjvn8-DCVShQCO5WfyrRGJkO8cdX-47PKaemdS-0imULPXSK7-QCWRG8btlX8efbzP9pdOj43QSYYs1CCYAAIlq37fWMQAp_zyXVqs9d6tk8xHXiuow/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaW5kZXguanBn%253F%253D-746289" /></a></p>Facebook user Darlene Loretto commented on<br /><br>one of Zuckerberg's post saying that she had<br /><br>told her granddaughters to date the Nerd in<br /><br>school because he might turn out to be an<br /><br>inventor and below is Facebook CEO's response.<br /><br><br /><br>Nice said zuck#!

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John Obi Mikel brings balance to team - Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink insists that Jon Obi Mikel is the<br>"ideal player" to bring balance to Chelsea's<br>midfield after the Nigeria international shone in<br>Sunday's 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace.<p>Mikel was a surprise starter alongside the<br>returning Cesc Fabregas at Selhurst Park with<br>Nemanja Matic dropping to the bench, and<br>completed 78 of 82 passes from the base of<br>midfield as Chelsea produced their most<br>convincing performance of the season to move six<br>points clear of the Premier League relegation<br>zone.<p>Goals from Oscar, Willian and Diego Costa<br>provided an emphatic scoreline for Chelsea but,<br>speaking at his news conference after the match,<br>Hiddink was keen to highlight Mikel's less<br>glamorous but equally important contribution to<br>the win.<p>"He played very well as he also did in the previous<br>games," the Dutchman insisted of Mikel. "He's the<br>ideal player in my option to bring balance to the<br>team.<p>"If the team is not willing to defend well or have<br>the right balance then you concede a lot of goals.<br>I thought John Obi can be one of the key figures<br>in getting the balance back. On top of that the<br>talented players can then explore their qualities.<p>"He can recover the radar. He knows the game<br>very well. He knows where the strength of the<br>opponent is and he knows exactly how to cope<br>with that. He has a very good eye, a very good<br>nose, and a very good sense of where to recover.<p>"He doesn't do it in a very brutal way -- he's very,<br>very elegant. What I like to see very much is not<br>just a quality player but a player who can defend<br>so smoothly. It's beautiful to see. He doesn't lose<br>many balls, he's good in short passing. I don't<br>expect and I don't ask him to make the decisive<br>final pass. He can but no, we let the other players<br>do that."<p>Chelsea have now kept back-to-back clean sheets<br>in the Premier League after securing a goalless<br>draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford<br>last month, and Hiddink admits tightening up the<br>defence was his first priority upon returning to<br>Stamford Bridge as interim manager.<br>"If the team hasn't been doing well for a long<br>period then it is important to look for security," he<br>added. "That's why we emphasised good, hard<br>work in a tactical defensive way. I don't like to see<br>a team drop back very far and seek false security<br>but to look forward and get the ball forward as<br>soon as possible. When they get the ball they<br>know how to play.<br>"We don't need to add a lot to the quality of the<br>players<p>. They are blessed by nature with a big<br>quality but they have to know that when things<br>are not going well, you have to look for the<br>causes.<br>"That's why the very talented players started<br>working on the dirty work and not just the<br>beautiful game -- because this league is very<br>demanding and if you think you can do it just on<br>your natural quality this league will kill you.<p>"The attitude is okay and automatically their<br>quality comes through. The efficiency of this<br>quality in the past half-year has been very low.<p>We talked about that, we did it in training -- small<br>conversations -- but if they have this quality and<br>the team is well organised they must produce<br>and then we can enjoy how they play."

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Neymar Ballon d'Or victory only a matter of time - Kaka

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2hAJk1eelk3Wy8S4FM9io_5ZRS-6tb_JHXA9gQgOoEQ7z65zx2Amx3bHQjj6cFpTfOnNNxU7AE7MVlUv_uABUvqC4WSCs8olA4Z_yiWEBVq3TUIwbeO70rCuPAAQJsVgHw_ZnhT2ZjU/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-733131"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236016060980667714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2hAJk1eelk3Wy8S4FM9io_5ZRS-6tb_JHXA9gQgOoEQ7z65zx2Amx3bHQjj6cFpTfOnNNxU7AE7MVlUv_uABUvqC4WSCs8olA4Z_yiWEBVq3TUIwbeO70rCuPAAQJsVgHw_ZnhT2ZjU/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-733131" /></a></p>It is only a matter of time until a Brazilian again<br /><br>wins the Ballon d'Or, Kaka told FIFA.com.<br /><br><br /><br>In 2007, the former AC Milan and Real Madrid star<br /><br>beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to<br /><br>earn the top honor and this year his compatriot,<br /><br>Neymar, is lined up alongside the same two fellow<br /><br>La Liga stars on the shortlist for the top honor,<br /><br>which will be awarded on Jan. 11.<br /><br>Neymar is the first Brazilian to be among the top<br /><br>three finalists since Kaka's own triumph in 2007<br /><br>and his veteran Selecao mate thinks it has taken<br /><br>eight long years to see another Brazilian at the<br /><br>top of the list only because the conditions to be<br /><br>nominated for the prize are so demanding.<br /><br><br /><br>"It's difficult to point out a single reason for this,<br /><br>but it must serve to alert Brazilian football. And,<br /><br>truth be told, it's no easy task to forge a Ballon<br /><br>d'Or winner," said Kaka, who played on Brazil's<br /><br>2002 World Cup winning squad.<br /><br><br /><br>"Thankfully, Neymar has improved a lot since he's<br /><br>gone to play in Europe -- his game is a lot more<br /><br>mature," Kaka said. "Now it's a matter of time<br /><br>until he reaches first place."<br /><br>The midfielder, who now plays for Major League<br /><br>Soccer side Orlando City, said the dominance of<br /><br>Messi and Ronaldo is understandable, given their<br /><br>accomplishments.<br /><br><br /><br>"It had always been a rotation: Ronaldo and<br /><br>Zidane won it three times, but there was always<br /><br>some other player -- names like Figo, Ronaldinho,<br /><br>myself, Rivaldo, Cannavaro... Then comes this<br /><br>succession of Cristiano and Messi, only the two of<br /><br>them -- and it is fair, for what they have been<br /><br>doing year after year," the 33-year-old said.

Neymar Ballon d'Or victory only a matter of time - Kaka

It is only a matter of time until a Brazilian again wins the Ballon d'Or, Kaka told FIFA.com. In 2007, the former AC Milan and Real Madr...

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Real Madrid sack Rafa Benitez with Zinedine Zidane to take over - reports

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B0EXq2bJM-LIbEECmYcd0CzQzJITZjTP20DPdxIbWZUMoVcx4R-nxfTF2ryl3bKm-dSq6QVFS2xp_4zNbNs3YSDUjhwzTXwQfb5WzixWRZahwAeznkRV3G6hmUNUP8-mB0GhxknFRQM/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-760261"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236008447777801826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B0EXq2bJM-LIbEECmYcd0CzQzJITZjTP20DPdxIbWZUMoVcx4R-nxfTF2ryl3bKm-dSq6QVFS2xp_4zNbNs3YSDUjhwzTXwQfb5WzixWRZahwAeznkRV3G6hmUNUP8-mB0GhxknFRQM/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FaS5qcGVn%253F%253D-760261" /></a></p>Real Madrid have sacked Rafa Benitez after<br /><br>holding a meeting over his future, according to<br /><br>multiple reports in Spain.<br /><br><br /><br>News services Cuatro and Onda Cero said that<br /><br>members of the club hierarchy were due to hold<br /><br>an emergency meeting to determine whether to<br /><br>sack Benitez on Monday, and both Marca and AS<br /><br>have reported that he has now been dismissed.<br /><br>The two newspapers said Zinedine Zidane,<br /><br>currently in charge of the club's Castilla reserve<br /><br>side, is due to take over.<br /><br><br /><br>Sources close to Madrid are confirming that Rafa<br /><br>Benitez has been sacked with official<br /><br>announcement expected later<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/6w5dBoAEVH">pic.twitter.com/6w5dBoAEVH</a><br /><br>-<br /><br> AS English (@English_AS) January 4, 2016<br /><br>Former Valencia, Liverpool and Napoli boss<br /><br>Benitez has endured a difficult return to the<br /><br>Bernabeu, where he began his playing career<br /><br>with the reserve teams and later held several<br /><br>coaching roles.<br /><br><br /><br>He was named Carlo Ancelotti's replacement in<br /><br>June but there was speculation from the outset<br /><br>that several senior players did not welcome the<br /><br>appointment.<br /><br><br /><br>He came under more serious pressure with the<br /><br>4-0 home defeat to Barcelona in the Clasico on<br /><br>Nov. 21, while the club's expulsion from the Copa<br /><br>del Rey after fielding an ineligible player has done<br /><br>little to calm tensions.<br /><br><br /><br>Madrid are currently third in La Liga, four points<br /><br>behind neighbours Atletico, after Sunday's 2-2<br /><br>draw at Valencia.

Real Madrid sack Rafa Benitez with Zinedine Zidane to take over - reports

Real Madrid have sacked Rafa Benitez after holding a meeting over his future, according to multiple reports in Spain. News services Cuatro a...

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If Dangote asked you to bring a proposal that can #TurnYourBusinessOn, what would you do?

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YHOQ1x9-Fg2dQrwe34cyOeUzKtZPihA7fnkltgUlyTVRIDxzNVIARGOx7qfdfkCrTqhccIPDKDvmgDgFY_tUH3-5XLq3MYJeWMo2xD5qJ0K4F7K0pBPlZK2essl2a0VpPJhh96KiE_c/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-727416"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6236005299170748978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YHOQ1x9-Fg2dQrwe34cyOeUzKtZPihA7fnkltgUlyTVRIDxzNVIARGOx7qfdfkCrTqhccIPDKDvmgDgFY_tUH3-5XLq3MYJeWMo2xD5qJ0K4F7K0pBPlZK2essl2a0VpPJhh96KiE_c/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-727416" /></a></p>Okay, on a serious note, do you know that<br /><br>you could #TurnYourBusinessOn with a<br /><br>Samsung Digital Signage TV? The digital #<br /><br>SSTV is what businesses that know<br /><br>'what'sup' have been using to enhance<br /><br>their customer's in-store experience with<br /><br>amusing and entertaining content.<br /><br><br /><br> This<br /><br>ultimately translates to more satisfied<br /><br>customers and of course, more money in<br /><br>the bank.<br /><br><br /><br>And you know the good part? This season,<br /><br>Samsung wants to #TurnYourBusinessOn for<br /><br>FREE. How? Go to <a href="http://www.turnyourbusinesson.ng">www.turnyourbusinesson.ng</a><br /><br>and nominate your business, or any other<br /><br>deserving business you know to win a 40inch<br /><br>brilliant #SSTV which combines Samsung's<br /><br>world-class picture quality with commercial-<br /><br>grade technologies. Just tell the world's biggest<br /><br>producer of consumer electronics why Samsung<br /><br>needs to turn that business on, and, just like<br /><br>that, a 40 inch Digital Signage TV could be<br /><br>theirs.<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>What are you waiting for?<br /><br>Go to <a href="http://www.turnyourbusinesson.ng">http://www.turnyourbusinesson.ng</a> and<br /><br>nominate that business now. Follow us on<br /><br>Twitter@Samsung_Nigeria and Instagram@<br /><br>SamsungBusiness_Nigeria

If Dangote asked you to bring a proposal that can #TurnYourBusinessOn, what would you do?

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Ministry of labour starts employment

Announcement!<br /><br> <br /><br>Federal Government of Nigeria has directed the<br /><br>Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to start<br /><br>receiving CV's (Document) massively nationwide<br /><br>from graduates for employment in 2016. the graduates are to submit their<br /><br>CV's at Federal Secretariats.<br /><br>The following graduate are welcome.<br /><br>1.Sec. School Graduate.<br /><br><br /><br>2.Certificate course of any kind.<br /><br><br /><br>3.OND, ND, HND In any field.<br /><br><br /><br>4.Bsc, BEd, B.A, In any field.<br /><br><br /><br>5.Any other qualification is accepted excluding Msc, PhD.<br /><br><br /><br>Please don't forget to inform others.<br /><br>Closing date 07 January- 2016<br /><br><br /><br>##u heared it 1st frm<br /><br> <br /><br> Malabressgist.com

Ministry of labour starts employment

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WOW: Indian car mechanic invents car that runs on water [SEE]

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uFUjR8B9kbL7ZtNj1D1t9tMFGEhKe2foR7Vq_0_lIIJqn_zyVlc2HfgfNFVMuck9Nmeazkdfo5ZNwKwo3aAVnd-y5EiWKFbDhmtKxclOhZbBgnaXuTF8UnSIMi9yEp9BGoRAq4jAEus/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-744103"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6235863637858821746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uFUjR8B9kbL7ZtNj1D1t9tMFGEhKe2foR7Vq_0_lIIJqn_zyVlc2HfgfNFVMuck9Nmeazkdfo5ZNwKwo3aAVnd-y5EiWKFbDhmtKxclOhZbBgnaXuTF8UnSIMi9yEp9BGoRAq4jAEus/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-744103" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PobUCeWatzOGLTFH8qmU9P2Gp8wDbsa_CqlwtsImKpqty_8Pp81IcUQjtGQ0uQ0ZJ_6BIk0bu5kqwzxdcmrHhIgRKv_ZlY1B6WMxb2un3SVSQkrTezp2gxaWTN7RiNdVUvdudplYVzg/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-745383"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6235863643240288322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PobUCeWatzOGLTFH8qmU9P2Gp8wDbsa_CqlwtsImKpqty_8Pp81IcUQjtGQ0uQ0ZJ_6BIk0bu5kqwzxdcmrHhIgRKv_ZlY1B6WMxb2un3SVSQkrTezp2gxaWTN7RiNdVUvdudplYVzg/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FYy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-745383" /></a></p>44-year-old Mohammed Raees Makani who has been a car mechanic for fifteen years from India has no formal education and cannot read or write but this has not stopped him from accomplishing a scientific feat of epic proportions. He claims to have designed a car that runs on water.<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>He has been modifying an 800 cc engine for the last five years - and now believes he has made the scientific breakthrough.<br /><br><br /><br>The car uses a mix of water and carbide which at just under two pence a litre is far more cost effective than traditional fossil fuels. Markani, from the state of Madhya Pradesh, said:<br /><br><br /><br>"The car runs on acetylene gas , which is formed from a chemical reaction between calcium carbide and water. The gas is used for several industrial purposes including welding and portable lighting for miners. But in my case, I am using it to propel the car engines. I have made other changes to the engines, which helps the overall performance of the car. So basically, it is just about the water. This idea struck my mind while I was gas welding a part of my car in my workshop many years ago. But I did not know how to go about it," Markani said. <br /><br><br /><br>"Somehow, I made a start and it took five years to make this efficient engine." <br /><br><br /><br>Not only does he now possess a patent for his groundbreaking invention, he has been invited by Chinese automobile companies to further develop the idea, but for companies looking to cash in on his work, he has a catch; any plant to make new cars will be established only in his hometown in Madhya Pradesh. <br /><br><br /><br>Markani said: <br /><br><br /><br>"I want things to change in my hometown. So this is where my work should continue."

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SWEET: Eagles Midfielder Ogenyi Onazi Weds In Style [SEE PHOTO]

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aRPDZlt5qVDiIlUu_K5fY_Ga1mDJY1Bs0HYqxjv4ehTvdX7zNzQDFQ82Jry8TUNKnyKB64v9YdM-jrEl0xFQuDAUniMTbHKjUanLlsVKA_yG3PL78Py8Mgduh5MT4WtlQjM9AhuyP-0/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253Fdmxsa3l0M2thaHQyNmtoZGkuMDUxNWFmOTcuanBn%253F%253D-745502"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6235861063797541282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aRPDZlt5qVDiIlUu_K5fY_Ga1mDJY1Bs0HYqxjv4ehTvdX7zNzQDFQ82Jry8TUNKnyKB64v9YdM-jrEl0xFQuDAUniMTbHKjUanLlsVKA_yG3PL78Py8Mgduh5MT4WtlQjM9AhuyP-0/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253Fdmxsa3l0M2thaHQyNmtoZGkuMDUxNWFmOTcuanBn%253F%253D-745502" /></a></p>Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has tied the knots with his fiancée Sandra Ogunsuyi in a private wedding ceremony on December 29, 2015.<br /><br><br /><br>Onazi and Sandra just after their wedding at the Ikoyi registry.<br /><br><br /><br>The event which took place at the Ikoyi registry in Lagos also saw the presence of an ex Super Eagles striker Ayodele Makinwa, the groom's brother, Thompson Onazi and close friend Ifada<br /><br>Ighodalo.<br /><br><br /><br>According to Vanguard, Onazi said: <br /><br><br /><br>"I thank God for such a special day. Getting married is a milestone in the life of a man; to get married to a woman who you love and who loves you makes it even more special."<br /><br><br /><br>It was disclosed that the pair have been engaged for about a year.<br /><br><br /><br>On the same day, the new Super Eagles sensation Moses Simon also married his long-time lover, Ibukun Sarah Adenuga.<br /><br><br /><br>As if it was planned, John Ogu, who proposed to his girlfriend on the football field also married that day.

SWEET: Eagles Midfielder Ogenyi Onazi Weds In Style [SEE PHOTO]

Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has tied the knots with his fiancée Sandra Ogunsuyi in a private wedding ceremony on December 29, 2015...

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