Football Fans Unhappy With Joseph Yobo's Performance at World Cup Friendly Matches

Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo made the national team’s final list released by head coach, Stephen Keshi, last week for the FIFA World Cup which begins Thursday in Brazil. However, not everyone is happy about that development, and his performances at the recent friendly matches have not helped his case, especially the Nigeria-USA match last Saturday. Fans took to Twitter to voice their displeasure.

It has also emerged that “real politics and intrigues” played a major role before Joseph Yobo, who currently plays defense for Fenerbahce of Turkey, could make the final list.

According to Tribune's Sports pages;

Yobo’s name was conspicously missing in the list released on Monday morning, adding that by evening when the final list was about to be submitted to FIFA, the player’s name had found its way back into the list.

The source who pleaded not to be mentioned told Tribunesport by phone from America that the technical crew, headed by Keshi was prevailed upon by top officials in Nigeria football circles, who insisted that Yobo must make the list having been serving the country since 2001.

According to the source, the officials had argued that Keshi too was in a situation similar to Yobo’s 20 years ago when Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, months before the Super Eagles made their maiden World Cup appearance in USA. The ‘Big Boss’ also attended the Mundial that same year with the Eagles.

Tribunesport recalls that Keshi was not wholly fit for the 1994 Nations Cup, where he made a cameo appearance on Nigeria’s way to winning the trophy.

“He was reminded of this and was told that he should realise that Yobo is the longest serving national team player, and that the only thing left for him was the 2014 World Cup and his desire to take his number of international matches to 100. Politics played a major role in his (Yobo’s) inclusion in the team because he did not make the squad initially, but by evening, when high-level politicking had taken place, his name had been included,” the source said.

It was also disclosed to Tribunesport that some ‘senior’ players in the team also lobbied for the inclusion of their captain. The source, however refused to mention the names of those ‘senior’ players to Tribunesport.

This Can’t Be Life: See How Kumasi Vienna City Prostitutes Are Dressing

Fashion or not, kumasi ashawo’s are out to make bold statements on their dressing. Vienna city night workers must have found a new stylist because since this year, they have all started dressing like this. What do you think, cool or not so cool? (GhanaVibes)

Lil Kim Gives Birth to Royalty: Find Out Baby Name Now!

Lil Kim is now a Lil Mother!

The rapper gave birth to a daughter around 10 a.m. in New Jersey today, multiple outlets confirm, giving the baby a most unusual name:
Royal Reign!
We doubt she'll run into much confusion throughout grade school with that moniker.


Lil Kim took some time away from the public eye and then debuted her baby bump in a skin-tight-dress during New York Fashion Week in February.
She has remained mum about the identity of her baby daddy, but some dude named Mr. Papers has strongly implied he's the one who planted his seed inside the artist.
"I'm still going to be hardcore," Lil Kim assured fans earlier this year about becoming a parent. "The baby has made me even more of a beast!"
We send our best wishes to the new mother and we ask: Where does Royal Reign rank among all-time ridiculous celebrity baby names?

Nigerian Polytechnic Lecturers Hold Crucial Meeting

Contrary to earlier reports that the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, might be called off this week, latest reports indicate that the national executives of ASUP will only meet on Thursday to review the strike and negotiations between the union and the Federal Government.

It could be recalled that polytechnic lecturers in Nigeria have been on strike since October 4, 2013.
Among the reasons ASUP gave for  embarking on strike include the need for the constitution of the Governing Councils of Federal Polytechnics, the migration of the lower cadres on the CONTISS 15 salary scale, the release of the White Paper on the Visitations to Federal Polytechnics, and the need for the commencement of the Needs Assessment of Nigerian Polytechnics.

 Minister for Education, Nyesom Wike
Premium Times reports that recent negotiations between the leadership of ASUP and the federal government have been positive, and Thursday’s meeting is to enable the union’s negotiating team to brief its executives.
It was gathered from a source among the leadership of ASUP, who is not permitted to speak on the matter, that the meeting, which will hold in Abuja, will not call off the strike, but would review the negotiations.

 Polytechnic students demonstrating over strike action
However, the source informed that the strike would be called off very soon, claiming negotiations have been progressive lately.
ASUP National Publicity secretary, Clement Chirman, confirmed the meeting when contacted on phone.
“We are meeting to appraise the level of negotiation and to also decide on the next line of action,” he said.
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UK-Based Nigerian Lesbian To Provide Sex Tape To Prove Her Sexuality

Desperate to prove she is lesbian, a UK-based Nigerian, Aderonke Apata, vows to use private home video as irrefutable evidence for the British immigration authorities that she is gay.

In fear of being killed in Nigeria, she promised to do this after all the other attempts, like sending letters by her former female lovers from Britain and Nigeria and supporting statements from friends, failed, Independent UK reports.


The 47-year-old woman, accompanied by her girlfriend Happiness Agboro, lamented speaking with newsmen:
“I was asked to bring my supporting documents for my judicial review for the court to look at. What evidence do we have to compile apart from letters from people? I knew we had a home video of ourselves, so I thought why not just put it in? I cannot afford to go back to my county where I will be tortured, so if I have to prove it with a sexual video, then I have to do it.”
Ms Apata is not eager to disclose the sexual tape of personal character, saying she “feels so bad it’s got to this stage”.
Back in 2004 her asylum claim was on religious grounds. Ms Apata, from the Christian family, reportedly married a Muslim man to hide her relationships with a woman. According to her, the husband’s family discovered she was gay and dragged her to sharia court, which delivered the death verdict. Moreover, her brother and 3-year-old son were killed in related vigilante incidents.
The following asylum saga was marked by 2 rejected appeals, causing her live in Manchester streets. In 2012 she was nabbed however, while working with a false visa. The woman made another asylum claim, which was rejected even though she had given testimony that her Nigerian ex-lover had been killed in a vigilante attack.
At the current moment the Home Secretary Theresa May is considering her case, with more than 230,000-signature petition demanding to halt deportation.
Meanwhile Ms Apata unable to handle her emotions has been hospitalised with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

Rihanna retaliates by posting old topless photo of TLC after RnB duo accused her of ‘selling sex’

Rihanna  didn’t get mad, she got even after the  TLC singers  complained about her nearly nude appearance at the CFDAs. The 26-year-old Diamonds singer responded by posting a topless photo  of the R&B duo and using it as her Twitter background on Thursday. The photo shows Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, 44, and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas, 43, smiling at the camera while barely covering their breasts with their hands.

Rihanna twisted the knife in further by writing: ‘When there’s no changing the fact that I’m me, and they’re well…they’re them,’ alongside a photo of her making a funny face and sticking her tongue out.

It goes to show that Rihanna wasn’t going to take their diss lying down after they spoke against her use of sex and her body to sell music on Australia’s No. 1 morning show.

Appearing on Channel 7′s Sunrise on Friday morning ahead of their sold out Sydney gig, T-Boz and Chilli had a clear message for the Rude Boy singer. ‘Every time I see you you don’t have to be naked,’ T-Boz said.

Sex sells! Appearing on Channel 7′s Sunrise on Friday morning, Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas slammed Rihanna for using sex to sell records.

 Maybe they have a point? Rihanna appeared nearly naked on the red carpet at the CFDAs this week showing off her chest and rear end in a risqué dress created by Adam Selman.

Woman Allegedly Burns Her Daughter Alive

The Police, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state have arrested a 35-year-old fashion designer, Rosemary Idibie for allegedly killing her 11 year-old daughter.
 
Rosemary committed the crime on Saturday, June 7 by allegedly pouring kerosine on the young girl, Favour, and setting her ablaze.
The acting police public relations officer in the state, DSP Charles Muka,who confirmed the incident said the suspect was arrested in a forest in Ogwashi-Ukwu following a tip off.
He said the accused apparently sent her 11-year-old daughter on an errand to buy foodstuff but she did not carry out as expected.
Child abuse is on the rise and the rate at which some parents/guardians maltreat their kids/wards is becoming worrisome.
A similar case occurred in May 2014, a two-year-old boy was allegedly set ablaze by his own father, Uchechi Nwaogwugwu at Umuahim Ikenga village, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State for misbehaving.

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Shocking: Ghanaian Women are now using cement to bleach their skin

In their quest to change the pigment of their black colour to that of white, Ghanaian women now resort to using cement to bleach their skin.

This was revealed by Director, Chief Physician and Consultant Dermatologist of Rabito Clinic, Professor Edmund Delle, in an interview with Today.

According to him, people mix all kinds of chemicals with cement and pepsodent to whiten their skin.

He said even though the bleaching process has been known for thousands of years, chemicals currently used was as a result of work of several of 18th century scientists.

Prof. Delle noted that chlorine is the basis for the most commonly used bleaches.

He stated that bleaches are household chemicals to whiten clothes and remove stains and as disinfectants, primarily in the bathroom and kitchen, which have strong bactericidal properties.

He said the most commonly used skin lightening creams include monobenzone, tranexamic acid, mequinol and peau clear creams which contain exogenous ochronosis and hydroquinone that are dangerous chemicals.

Prof. Delle also revealed that to quicken the whitening of the skin, some women swallow glutatuine pills and fairing creams that also contain lead and mercury.

He noted that the harmful effects of skin bleaching include dark grey spots, skin cancer, acne, swelling and thinning of the skin, cataract, neurological and kidney damage due to high level of mercury used in creams, severe birth defects, asthma, liver damage and psychiatric disorders.

Speaking on the theme; “Black is beautiful, keep it,” he advised women in particular to desist from bleaching as it has adverse effects on their skin and health in general which is very expensive to repair.

Culled from GhanaVibes.....

Davido Confesses Love To Unidentified Lady

Sensational music artiste, Davido, has sent a birthday message to the lady he claims to love. But it is not clear if the said lady is the person that makes his heart to skip a second faster, but the singer disclosed that the girl makes him happy.

Davido took to his Instagram page to post the above picture and wrote, “happy birthday boobee!! Ur a great person with such a beautiful heart!! U make me happy!!! Have a great day!! Love you!!.”

The rich artiste has really not been linked with a specific lady as his girlfriend, just like his rumored rival, Wizkid, who had a relationship with one Tania Omotayo, even though he got a child from another young lady.

The Mysteries Of Waist Beads (Must Read)

For many African women, wearing beads is a way of life and a culture passed on to them from their mothers. They grow up to find them on their waist even before they begin to question its significance.

The waist bead is like a band worn around the belly. In most cultures, they are a symbol of a woman’s confidence in her body and sexuality. For me, they are precious African Jewels. They are always worn under clothing.

The tradition of wearing of beads on the waist in West Africa was made popular by the Yorubas in Nigeria. Women are the main users of these beads.

But do you know the mysterious role they play in the lives of females? Well, West African women in particular are given waist beads as children to wear throughout life to help shape their figures. It remains a mystery how the beads shape them, but somehow, curvy African women attribute their voluptuous shape to the waist beads. It is also used to measure the growth rate of children (girls). When the beads become too small around the waist, then the child is seen as growing.

After reading that, I took the liberty to investigate more about waist beads.

“When they are on your waist, they shape your body by keeping the waist small, so the hips are more accentuated,” a bead seller named Linda told me. She added also that waist beads were traditionally used to show the difference between a male and a female.

In modern times however, gay men also buy waist beads from her and put them on to differentiate between the male and the female roles played in a homosexual relationship.

Patricia Naa Dei, a university student I met buying these jewels, told me waist beads were simply for fashion. She indicated, she didn’t like them but had to put them on to satisfy her boyfriend, who loves to see them on her.

During sexual intercourse, her boyfriend whose name she only gave as Ato, removes them and put them on his waist and takes them off after the act. Weird, I agree. But lots of people do kinky stuff in the bedroom, you know? “The rattling sound of the beads during sex urges my guy on,” she added.

Beads on the waists of women are said to possess the power to attract and evoke deep sensual feelings for men. So I decided to shift gears and speak to a few gentlemen about the subject.

Most of them including Charles stressed that waist beads make the waist of the ladies attractive. He said, “I like it on my wife and sometimes get irritated when she takes them off. It’s sexy.”

Its power to turn men on is a mystery one cannot comprehend, but the men agree whenever they see them on a woman’s waist, it awakens their sensual desires. Aunty Monica the beads seller advised young ladies especially the married ones to continue wearing waist beads as it “charms” men to somehow remain faithful. According to her, if a woman stops wearing her beads, the husband might be tempted to cheat with another woman who puts them on.

Though this allegation has no scientific backing and is more superficial than practical, could waist beads actually reduce promiscuity in marriage?

We see them around, we see our daughters, sisters and wives wear them. Have we ever thought of their significance?

Well, besides its usefulness and mystical powers, beads in general and royalty are also closely linked in Africa. In Yoruba tradition, strands of beads are the emblems of the gods. Wearing a beaded crown with a veil is the quintessential sign of kingship. Also in Ghana, beads worn around the wrist and legs are signs of royalty or priesthood.

For me, beads are not just mere ornament for adornment, but with its mysteries, they are a symbol of the link between Africans and superstition.