Breaking News: 2013 Nations Cup: Nigeria to play Zambia, Ethiopia, Bukina Faso

South African President Jacob Zuma (R) shows the paper Cape Verde to
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou during the final
draw of the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 (CAN) in Durban on October 24,
2012.


Nigeria is to play Zambia , Ethiopia and Bukina Faso, in 2013 Cup of
Nations to be held in South Africa.

Group A: South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Cape Verde

Group B: Ghana, Mali, Niger, DR Congo

Group C: Zambia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia

Group D: Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Algeria, Togo

Tournament kicks off on January 19 with two Group A fixtures and
finishes on Feb 10 with the final

In a draw held in Durban, Wednesday, Nigeria made Group C with the
three other countries.

Nigeria has twice won the Nations Cup- 1980 and 1994.

Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2012 Nations Cup under the tutelage
of Samson Siasia, before his team mate Stephen Keshi was given the
job.

Sourceh :vanguard

Zidane statue causes controversy

Officials in Paris want to see the newly erected statue of Zinedine
Zidane's infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup
final taken down.

The five-meter tall bronze figure stands outside the Pompidou Arts
Centre in Paris and is known to have angered French football
bureaucrats who feel that it sends out an unprofessional image of
their legendary former captain.

In an open letter to Zidane, administrators wrote: "By choosing this
provocative image, the artist has deliberately opted to ignore all
your talents and all the positive emotions that you were able to share
with the people of our country."

It stands "in contrary to sporting ethics and values carried and
transmitted by the hundreds of thousands of educators who invest all
over our country for young practitioner."

Instead, they believe a sculpture representing Zidane's two headed
goals against Brazil in the 1998 World Cup triumph would be more
appropriate.

Whether Zizou himself will support the removal. of the efigy remains
to be seen, but president of the Pompidou Arts Centre, Alain Seban, is
"shocked" by the appeals.

"This is more or less a call for censorship," he said.
Zidane claimed to have been racially provoked by the Italian defender
in the build-up up to his headbutt though was duly fined and made to
do community service for FIFA.

Source : goal.com

PARENTS IN SHOCK AS ‘DEAD’ SON SITS UP, ASKS FOR WATER AT OWN FUNERAL, DIES AGAIN

Strange news emanating from the South American country of Brazil these
days just leaves one wondering – Is Brazil the weird capital of the
world? Not really, but read this:

Kelvin Santos was being treated for pneumonia at a local hospital in
Brazil when he stopped breathing. Doctors declared the boy dead and
sent his body home with his parents, so they could hold services.
Kelvin's body was put in an open coffin in the middle of the family
home.

The next day, Kelvin reportedly sat up and asked, "Daddy, can I have
some water?" which amazed all those in the home. This was only one
hour before the funeral was to take place.

"Everybody started to scream," his father, Antonio Santos said. "We
couldn't believe our eyes. Then we thought a miracle had taken place
and our boy had come back to life."

Unfortunately, the family's "miracle" did not last very long, Santos explained.

"Kelvin just laid back down, the way he was. We couldn't wake him. He
was dead again," he said.

Antonio immediately took his boy back to the hospital where he was
again pronounced dead.

"They assured me that he really was dead and gave me no explanation
for what we had just seen and heard," said the father.

Kelvin's body was taken back to the home and, after waiting for some
time to see if he would awake, he was laid to rest. Antonio believes
that Kelvin could have been saved had the hospital done more when he
brought the boy back.

"Fifteen minutes after rushing him away for resuscitation, they came
and told me he was dead and handed me his body. Perhaps they didn't
examine him properly. Dead people don't just wake up and talk. I'm
determined to find out the truth," said Santos.

Now, Kelvin's parents are suing the hospital for declaring him dead in
the first place claiming that he could have been saved if not for
medical malpractice.

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PHOTOS: THE 70 YEARS OLD TWIN PROSTITUTES WHO HAVE SLEPT WITH OVER 300,000 MEN IN 50 YEARS

Wow! Is all I can say. Just two women alone have slept with such a
huge number of random persons. On the average, that means they have
both slept with 20 men/day over the last 50 years! Isn't that a
record? That is the story of Identical twins Louise and Martine
Fokkens, who shot to fame earlier this year as stars of a documentary
charting their 50 year careers as prostitutes in Amsterdam.


Identical Twins Louise & Martine Fokkens Have Worked As Prostitutes In
Amsterdam For Fifty Years

Now the 70-year-old Dutch sisters are celebrating their retirement
with a tell-all book about their lives and the industry, and today
they admitted to This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip
Schofield that they have entertained 355,000 men between them.

Louise revealed that her bad arthritis meant that she had retired from
prostitution two years ago causing the telly hosts to exclaim: 'No
wonder you have arthritis. You must have very flexible hips!'

The Fokken Twins Started Working As Prostitutes In The 1960s

Louise, who became a prostitute aged twenty after a brief spell making
lampshades explained how she got in to the business:

'We didn't have enough money. 'My husband's friends said it was the
best way to make money so we decided to find out. I was 20/21 the
first time. At first it was a problem for our mother and father but
later we all lived normally with it.'

Martine, a mother-of-three who still works as a prostitute two to
three times a week said:

'My family told me about my sister while I was in the hospital having
my first baby. I didn't believe it but we talked about it and I loved
her, that's life.'

Martine then started working at the brothel as a cleaner but two years
later decided to join her sister as a prostitute after so many clients
mistook her for her identical twin.

Louise, who has four children and nine grandchildren said: 'I helped
her with the first client: told her what she had to do, what she
shouldn't do.'

Unsurprisingly the women are familiar faces around the red light
district, and over their five decades working in the sex industry
freed themselves from the control of their pimps, ran their own
brothel, and set up the first informal trade union for prostitutes.

But out of curiosity, who patronizes a 70 years old prostitute?
Certainly not in this climes! And you can imagine, it is the other
twin who got introduced to the business that is still 'enjoying' it –
call it late bl(gr)ooming! If it were you , would you be proud of
yourself ?

source : daily post.

Senior Military Officer Executed In North Korea For Drinking Alcohol During 100-Day Mourning Period For Late Ruler

A senior North Korean military officer has been executed for showing
gross disrespect to late Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il by drinking alcohol
during the 100-day mourning period.

Kim Chol, the secretive State's vice minister of the Army, was dragged
before a firing squad and gunned down in January – a month after Kim
died of an apparent heart attack.

The North Korean regime issued strict instructions to the 25 million
population to express their sorrow at their leader's passing by
abstaining from pleasurable activities – which
included drinking alcohol or having sex.

As an initial crack down on pleasure, anyone found to be not showing
extreme distress in the hours after the dictator's death were dealt
with severely by being sent to six months in labour camps, according
to reports leaking from the Stalinist nation.

It was claimed that anyone who failed to turn up at organised mourning
events within two days of the burial service were sent to a labour
camp and punishment was also meted out to anyone who even made a
mobile phone call out of the country.

But when the mourning period to mark Kim's burial was over and the
strict 'no pleasure' 100 days followed, anyone who raised a glass of
alcohol was in danger of receiving a death sentence.

According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper, Kim Chol was one of
those who failed to resist the chance of having a drink.

Morgan Freeman Jokes About Death Rumors

Morgan Freeman gets a good laugh out of rumors of his own demise. The
Oscar winner took to his Facebook page on Tuesday to make light of
those pretty disgusting death hoaxes that have popped up with
increasing frequency on social media and targeted him over the years,
noting that if he is standing in front of the Pearly Gates, it looks
an awful lot like present-day Earth.

"Like Mark Twain, I keep reading that I have died," wrote the
75-year-old Freeman. "I hope those stories are not true...but if they
are, I'm happy to report that my afterlife seems identical to my life
when I was alive."

The acting legend, who played God, by the way, in Bruce Almighty and
Evan Almighty, noted that he's too booked up with work to think about
meeting his Maker.

"I did go to Las Vegas to begin work on the film Last Vegas," he
added. "That is anything but a death sentence." That comedy sounds
pretty lively indeed.

It stars Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline and
follows four sixty something best friends who throw a bachelor party
in Sin City for the last one of them to get hitched. It hits theaters
in December 2013, and as far as the thesp's concerned, he has every
intention of being at the premiere.

Source: eoline

Osita (Paw Paw) lands N11.2 m endorsement deal

In the days to come, almost every picture of popular Nollywood actor
Osita Iheme aka Paw Paw should capture him beaming the broadest of
smiles following his new endorsement deal with a South African TV
company worth N11.2 million.

Osita became the new face of South Africa entertainment TV station
VUZU TV after signing the $70, 000 (N11.2 million ) contract.

We are told Paw Paw as he is fondly called sailed through the
selection process quite easily as he is a big name in South Africa.

Osita is yet to make this deal officially public but we have learnt
the actor was in South Africa recently to finalise the contract and
shoot campaign commercials. The dead will run initially for six
months.

Source : vanguard

RIHANNA’S FATHER HOPES SHE MARRIES CHRIS BROWN

Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenty is happy Riri and Chris Brown are back
together and now hopes their rekindled love ends in marriage.

The 24-year-old singer's dad told Life & Style magazine:

"Whatever makes her happy. I hope one day she will get married.
Everyone adores Chris, he's a super guy. The family loved Chris Brown
before they met him. I always thought he was extremely talented. He is
a good person and always gave me great respect."

Rihanna and Chris Brown don't seem to have plans to tie the knot just
yet, but who knows; we may soon hear they are getting married.

Proven family man and rap icon Jay-Z had earlier warned that he won't
hesitate to end Chris Brown's career if he ever harms Rihanna again.
Brown knows Jay-Z well enough to cross him; hopefully his relationship
with Rihanna will be 'happily ever after'.

If things work out the way Riri's father hopes, and Chris Brown keeps
a cool head, we may be witnessing another Jay-Z-Beyonce-like
relationship.

JANET JACKSON CONVERTS TO ISLAM AS WEDDING TO QATARI FIANCÉ HOTS UP

It is no longer news that five time grammy award winner, Janet Jackson
is getting married to her Qatari multi-millionaire fiancé, Wissam Al
Mana. The two are reportedly planning to get married in a Muslim
ceremony in Doha, Qatar, 2013.

What is news is the claim by a renowned Turkish author, Adnan Oktar
(aka Harun Yahya), that the 46-year-old Janet has converted to Islam —
as did her brother, Michael Jackson — and is choosing to keep her new
religion a secret from her fans.

An insider who spoke to National Enquirer Magazine said the couple are
planning to spend $3 million to fly in around 500 wedding guests while
Wissam – who doesn't mind spending big when he ties the nuptial knot
with Janet, wants to give attendees a $10,000 Rolex wrist watch as a
'thank you' gift.

Janet has been dating Wissam – who is almost a decade younger than her
– since summer of 2010.

The singer who is 46-years old,  has previously maintained that there
is nothing wrong with dating younger men as long as the couple is
happy. In her words, "My mother always raised us to believe that age
was just a number.

All of us – my sisters, my brothers – we'll just tell you our ages
because it's all about where you are mentally and how you feel about
yourself. It doesn't matter."

Source : dailypost

2face, D’Banj, Femi Kuti headline this year’s Top Mics

It promises to be a clash of music heavyweights on Friday, November
30, 2012 at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island,
Lagos as the likes of 2face, Dbanj,
Basketmouth, Femi Kuti and others lock horns on stage at this year's
edition of the TOP10MICS concert.

The music concert which is been organised by entertainment powerhouse,
Koga Entertainment will also feature Afro Juju legend, Sir Shina
Peters with ace comedian, Basketmouth anchoring the widely publicized
music event.

The presenter of the Big Friday Show succeeds ace humorist, Alibaba
who anchored last year's concert at the TBS, Lagos.

The concert's maiden edition held last year at the expansive Tafawa
Balewa Square (TBS) but is now returning to the upscale Eko Hotels and
Suites this year. Top music acts headlined last year's concert, the
likes of 2face, MI, P Square, Femi Kuti, Mocheddah, Obesere, Duncan
Mighty, Wizkid, Sir Shina Peters and Eldee.


Meanwhile, Flavour who had earlier been announced as one of the
participants will no longer be a part of the concert as he had another
show in far away Malaysia.

Female teacher flogs 12-year-old girl to death for not doing homework

As Anambra State struggles to recover from the havocs caused by the
devastating floods that hit the state, another heart-renting tragedy
has hit the city as a 12-year-old Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, student of
a secondary school located in Awka, the state capital has been
allegedly flogged to death by her teacher for failing to do her
assignment.

The shocking incident according to a reliable source in the school
took place on Thursday last week.

The source who doesn't want his name in mentioned said that the victim
fainted after being flogged severally by one of the female teachers
and was subsequently rushed to nearby
hospital, where she eventually gave up the ghost.

Speaking further, the source disclosed that the Commissioner for
Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school with
immediate effect as a result of the incident.

Meanwhile, the commissioner however denied ordering the closure of the
school, saying that the school was on midterm break.

But investigation revealed that the school would go on midterm break
next week. The bereaved victim's dad, Mr. Simeon Ukachukwu who
confirmed the tragic incident
said only God knows the best. He however, prayed God to grant his
daughter's soul eternal rest.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, when
contacted said that the police are yet to be briefed about the
incident and would get in touch with the press after further
investigations.

Source. : daily post