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AAMA RELEASES LIST OF THIS YEAR NOMINEES.

The nominees for this year’s All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have been unveiled and Nigeria’s own Davido alongside South Africa’s Mafikizolo lead the pack with a total of 6 nominations each. While it comes as no surprise that Davido who repersents Nigeria and Weast Africa by extension is up for artiste of the year, he would be having to slug it outwith artistes from the other five regions Mafikizolo, Uhuru, Angelique Kidjo, amongst others. Other Nigerian stars were also not left out, the likes of P-Square, DonJazzy, Tiwas Savage, Flavour, Burnaboy, Patoranking, Yemi Alade, Temi Dollface, Del B. Voting on the online platform opens on Tuesday, 30th September while the award ceremony itself would take place on Sunday, November 9th, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria. See The Full List Of Nominees Below:- CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN CENTRAL AFRICA ARTISTE – COUNTRY – TRACK Betty Akna – Equatorial Guinea – Lembo La Mboka Ame Reniss – Cameroon – C’est La Vie Marole

Cesc Fabregas Craving For A Return To Arsena

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Arsenal fans will definitely go crazy at the recent comments by one of their former skippers. It is not as if he said anything against the North-London side but the grief in their hearts over his move to Chelsea still looms. Cesc Fabregas served at Arsenal for eight years before making a return to his childhood club. The midfielder has never hidden his love for Arsenal anywhere he finds himself. We heard him say on many occasions that he still loves Arsenal and would like to return there one day but when it looked as if his dreams were about to be accomplished, he was dealt a heavy. How? During the last summer transfers, he was to leave Barcelona to any club which pleases him and at that time wanted Arsene Wenger to re- sign him but the Frenchman gave no attention to his advances, Having no other option he decided to join a club which he had previously vowed never to play for. This move to a rival club was taken by many fans as a betrayal. They think he sho

'Ronaldo more complete than Messi'

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Villarreal boss Marcelino says the Portugal international is a superior player to the Barcelona star as he prepares his side to face Real Madrid Villarreal coach Marcelino says Cristiano Ronaldo is a more complete player than Lionel Messi . The former midfielder says the Real Madrid forward and the Barcelona man are the two best footballers in the world but claims the Portugal star - who will face his side on Saturday - is the greater all-round performer. "Cristiano, taking into account all surfaces, is the best in the world," the 49-year-old told ' El Partid de las Doce '. "He is better than Messi both with his feet and with his head. He is the more complete in the en - he has more resources because [he is good in] the air and hits the ball well with both feet. "Messi has more trouble finishing with his right foot and because of his stature does not dominate in the air. "[And] It is difficult to find a better header of the ball tha

fg declares date for the id el kabir celebration

The Federal Government has declared Monday 6th and Tuesday, 7th of October, 2014 as public holidays for the Id-el-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, made the declaration in a statement today, Friday 26th September on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, felicitating with all muslim faithfuls in the country. He further urged them to support, co-operate and join hands with President Goodluck Jonathan, in his sustained efforts to building a peaceful, united and virile nation. He enjoined all Nigerians to use this occasion to pray for peace and unity across the nation. The minister while rounding up his speech wished all Nigerians a most rewarding and happy id-el-Kabir celebration.It would be recalled that school children are expected to resume fully to school on the 8th of October after a long stay at home over the deadly Ebola in the country.

Wolves want salami to replicate form

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The Seasiders have told the new Super Eagles’ sensation to maintain the same performance he displayed for the country in the last two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for them Warri Wolves have asked Super Eagles ’ striker, Gbolahan Salami to work more for the overall interest of the Seasiders same way he contribute to the senior national team in his last two games for the country in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double header against Congo and Sout Africa recently. Salami impressed against the Red Devils of Congo when he came on in the second half and scored a goal - the Eagles’ second - in the 2-3 loss to the East Africans in Calabar on Septembe 7. His performance earned him a starting shirt against Bafana Bafana of South Africa and he never disappointed throughout the duration of th game as he combined his attacking duties with falling back to assist the defence when the hosts were on the prowl and looked likely to score. Warri Wolves hailed Salami’s imp

Photos: Chelsea/Super Eagles star Kenneth Omeruo acquires 2014 Range Rover

Super Eagles defender and Chelsea star (he's currently on loan to Middlesbrough) Kenneth Omeruo got himself a brand new 2014 Range Rover in the UK where he lives. 21 year old Kenneth pictured above with his PR kids this past Saturday 'washing' the car with a few friends. See more photos after the cut..

Nigeria Military fires GOC attacked by convicted soldiers

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The Nigeria Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th. The soldiers have since been sentenced to death for that action by a military court. According to Punch , Mohammed was retired after he was recalled to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army without posting for months after the soldiers’ attempt on his life. It was gathered from a top military source in Abuja that the Army authorities quietly retired him last month. The source said, “The Maj. Gen. has been retired; you don’t expect that to be made public; issues of retirement especially in the military are confidential. The man was at the Army headquarters for some time. He was awaiting posting then but he was eventually retired about a month ago.” Meanwhile, the NLC, TUC and human rights lawyers have urged the Presidency and the Arm

Bale, Ronaldo Score As Madrid Defeat Basel

Real Madrid have risen from their painful 1-2 loss to Athletico Madrid over the weekend and beaten Basel 5-1. The Spanish side went ahead thanks to a Marek Suchy’s own goal and then went on a roll, scoring three times in six minutes. Gareth Bale had scored after Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo worked him in. Then Ronaldo and James Rodriguez went on to tap in two goals from close range. Derlis Gonzalez then scored for the visiting team but Madrid came back and scored through Karim Benzema. Madrid boss Carlos Ancelotti had applied little changes despite widespread criticisms. He introduced Marcelo and Nacho and it proved pivotal as Nacho played a vital part in the 14 minute, as he raced on Rodriguez’s lovely backheel and fired in a low cross that Suchy could only direct into his own net. Earlier Basel captain Marco Streller had thought he scored as shot into the side- netting from a narrow angle. Real Madrid are the defending champions of the UEFA champions leag

67 S’Africans Died In Building Collapse – President Zuma

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Following the collapse building of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN in Ikotun area of Lagos on Friday, September 12, sixty seven South Africans are reportedly among the worshippers that died. South African President, Jacob Zuma According to Vanguard, the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma announced this in a statement on Tuesday. President Zuma said: “I am greatly saddened to announce that 67 South Africans died and scores of others sustained injuries, after a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on Friday, 12 September 2014, in Lagos, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “ ”This is a particularly difficult time for South Africa. Not in the recent history of our country have we had this large number of our people die in one incident outside the country. “Our thoughts are with the families, friends and colleagues that have lost their loved ones in this heart-breaking tragedy. “The whole nation shares the pain of the mothers, fathe

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The former national team goalkeeper has said that neither Keshi or any other indigenous coach is good enough to manage the country’s senior

The former Nigeria player has said that no indigenous coach is good enough to manage the country’s senior national team In the wake of Nigeria’s poor outing in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and speculations whether coach Stephen Keshi’s contract as Eagles manager will be renewed or not, former international goalkeeper Emmanuel Babayaro has said the former Mali and Togo gaffer is not the right man to lead country’s senior football national team. Keshi had resigned from his role after Nigeria’s loss to France in the second round but later denied saying he only ‘bid’ his players farewell because he wasn’t sure if his contract would be renewed According to Babayaro, he is not assured that the ‘big boss’ is the best person to manage the Super Eagles. "I don’t think Keshi is the man for the job. I neve thought any Nigerian coach is the right person fo the Eagles,” africanfootball.com. "It has nothing to do with their abilities as coaches. As coach

Mourinho hails diego costa after 3 goals against swansea

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Mourinho hails Diego Costa after 3 goals against swansea Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hailed Diego Costa as “a special player” and claims his side are hard to stop. Costa fired a hat-trick in the 4-2 win against Swansea to take his tally to seven goals in just four games since his summer arrival from Atletico Madrid. Diego Costa and mourinho Chelsea had fallen behind early through John Terry’s own goal, but Mourinho is confident his side are better than anyone when at full throttle. “It is difficult to stop our team, not just Diego [Costa],” he added. “In these four games, we have had some good and bad periods, but when we are focused we are hard to stop. “It is only four matches, four matches is nothing, it is just the beginning, but obviously it is better to have 12 points than four, five, six or seven.” Costa’s goals dragged Chelsea out of a tricky position as they fell behind to a confident Swansea side at Stamford Bridge, wi

Why Schools Must Resume Sept 22 – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has given reasons why nursery, primary and secondary schools should resume on September 22, while also begging the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) not to embark on strike over the resumption date. Addressing the State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, September 16, Jonathan said the country had successfully managed the outbreak of Ebola and there is presently no case to keep school children at home unnecessarily, Punch reports. The president explained that the continued stay of school children at home would send the wrong signals to the international community about the Ebola situation in Nigeria. Jonathan said: “Our athletes were segregated in China, they had to returned to the country. A place like China asked Ministers of the Federal Republic to show prove of Ebola free certificate, very discouraging. And what people don’t know is that as long as you close your institutions because of Ebola, the ambas