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Exceptional Robert Lewandowski has won the Best FIFA Men's Player award on Thursday night during a virtual ceremony.   The Polish and Bayern Munich striker, 32, who enjoyed an historic treble-winning season with his club, winning the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup in 2020, broke up Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's dominance to scoop the award.    He also scored 55 goals in just 47 games last season and finished as the top scorer in the league, cup, and Champions League

  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the executive governor of Lagos state has promised a donation of 5 million Naira to the best graduating student of the Lagos State University - LASU and also scholarship to whatever level of education he chooses to attain.   The governor made this promise at the LASU 24th Convocation ceremony which held on Wednesday, Dec 16.   Sanwo-Olu, who is still on self-isolation after contracting Coronavirus joined the event virtually from the State House, Marina.   Oladimeji Shotunde, a student whose mother is

  EPL clubs will be banned from signing international U18 players under new Brexit rules; Clubs will be limited to three U21 signings per transfer window with all foreign players subjected to points-based threshold. Premier League clubs are to be limited to three U21 signings each transfer window with all foreign players subjected to a point-based threshold to be eligible to play in the UK. Every player from European Union countries will not be allowed to be signed without a work permit while foreign players under the age of 18 cannot be bought at all as part of post-Brexit regulations, meaning Premier League clubs will have to wait to secure the services of top young talent from abroad. Note this - When the United Kingdom leaves the

  Apple's dual, magnetic wireless charger for the iPhone and Apple Watch, the MagSafe Duo Charger, is now available for purchase. You can get it in Apple's online store for $129 or $10.75 in 12 monthly installments.  The charger was announced alongside the iPhone 12 in October, but for whatever reason wasn't available for purchase until now. The MagSafe Charger was made available at iPhone 12 launch for $39, but that one only charges the iPhone.  The MagSafe Duo is pricy — twice as expensive as the MagSafe Charger and the $29 Apple Watch Magnetic Charger bought together.  There's an additional issue, though. The MagSafe Duo Charger comes without a power adapter, which is sold separately. This sort of makes sense in the case of the iPhone, which Apple now ships without a power adapter in the box, citing environmental reasons. But the MagSafe Duo Charger is a charger itself, and it would be nice to get a power adapter with a charger. Apple says that the 20W po...

OPPO recently patented a unique selfie pop-up camera. OPPO p atents a phone with a round pop-up selfie camera. The camera module contains a round pop-up selfie camera and a triple camera setup. The patent was filed with the  World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)  in early 2020. Which contains a semi-circular pop-up camera and triple setup camera. The above image shows that the semi-circular pop-up camera hides inside the smartphone along with a triple rare camera. In fact from the above image, we can conclude that both the rare and front cameras connect. Also, we came to know that the front-facing camera pops-out from the camera module in a circular manner.  OPPO m ay include this system in its new Reno  series smartphones as these series smartphones are only for cameras. There is speculation for 15x hybrid zoom. However, these are only speculations and not confirmed by the company.

  Diego Maradona, the football legend is dead, aged 60. He died as a result of cardiac arrest. Maradona underwent an operation recently to remove a blood clot on his brain on October 30. The Gimnasia boss fell unwell after his side beat Patronato 3-0 and was taken to hospital in La Plata, near the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, as reported by  Mirror. Scans discovered a subdural hemetoma, requiring Maradona to undergo immediate surgery to remove the problem before being sent home to continue his recovery. Reports in Argentina say Maradona was showing signs of recovery, but the 60-year-old then suffered a cardiac arrest and has passed away. A tweet by the Argentine Football Association through its President Claudio Tapia, expressed its deepest pain at Maradona’s death saying he will always be in their hearts. Gary Lineker referred to Maradona as “arguably the greatest of all time”. Lineker tweeted: “By some distance the best player of my generation and arguably the greatest...

  A security guard of a school by name as Gbenga Adelusi said the baby was dumped at the school gate at about 5:30 am on Monday morning. A woman yet to be identified dumped her two weeks old baby boy at Commander Way Street in Oke-Ijebu, Akure, Ondo state capital. Gbenga said he chanced upon the baby while doing his morning routine check-in every part of the school before handing over to the day guard when he heard the cry of the baby. Adelusi said he was shocked on sighting the baby, “On getting to the gate, the baby’s cry became stronger and I saw the baby wrapped in a black small Ghana-must-go bag.” An official of the Ondo Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Yemisi Olagoke, said the matter has been reported to the police and the baby taken to the motherless babies’ home along Oba-Ile road. Olagoke urged young mothers who could not cater care for their babies to approach the Ministry’s Welfare Department of the Governor’s office rather than dumping them.

  The Chinese government has faulted Pope Francis over a passage in his new book in which he mentions the suffering of China’s Uighur Muslim minority group, saying his remarks have “no factual basis at all”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily news briefing in Beijing on Tuesday that  “People of all ethnic groups enjoy the full rights of survival, development, and freedom of religious belief.” But  Zhao made no mention of the camps in which more than a million Uighurs and members of other Chinese Muslim minority groups are reported to be held. Other governments,  human rights groups and The  United States, says the prison-like facilities are intended to separate Muslims from their religious and cultural heritage, forcing them to declare loyalty to China’s ruling Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. China, after initially denying the existence of the facilities, says they are centres intended to provide job training and preven...

  Videos and pictures of police hitting demonstrators as officers forcibly removed refugees from tents wereposted online. Activists and refugee rights advocates who went to the square to help the refugees were also pushed back, among them Paris councilwoman Danielle Simonet from the left-wing La France insoumise party. French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin says he is launching a probe into clashes that broke out late on Monday as police cleared out a refugee camp in Paris’ Place de la Republique, adding that images of the scuffles were “shocking”. Also, a n internal police investigation into allegations of misconduct by police during the camp clearance has been opened; conclusions are expected to be published within 48 hours. Aid groups were on Tuesday attempting to find temporary shelter for a few hundred refugees and migrants forcibly removed from the short-lived camp. The Police went further to lift tents with people inside, shaking them until they tumbled to the ground, and...

  Jerry John Rawlings, the former President of Ghana died on Tuesday the 12th of November 2020 after a brief illness. He was 73years.  The state-owned Daily Graphic said   Rawlings   had been hospitalised at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for about a week for an undisclosed illness. Brief History   He is a joint recipient of the 1993 World Hunger Prize.  He holds an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Medgar Evers College, City University of New York and Lincoln University Doctorate Degree for Diplomacy and Development. A flight-lieuteant, he ceased to be a member of the Ghana Armed Forces in 1992. He formed the National Democratic Congress, which contested and won presidential and parliamentary elections in 1992 and again in 1996.  His term of office ended in the year 2000 . On May 28, 1979, Flt.-Lt. Rawlings, together with six others, appeared before a General Court Martial in Accra, charged with leading a mutiny of junior officers and men of the Ghan...

  Alibaba Group Holding, the  Chinese e-commerce giant   said orders made during its Single's Day mega-shopping festival had exceeded $56bn by Wednesday morning, as consumers sought to cash in on a deluge of discounts. Alibaba launched the annual online blitz early this year, with two primary discount periods taking place from November 1 through November 3 and again on November 11. The company will calculate gross merchandise volume - GMV over the full 11-day period, as opposed to the usual 24 hours. As of 12:30am local time (16:30 GMT) on November 11, the campaign’s GMV had surpassed 372.3 billion Chinese yuan ($56.3bn) with the order rate hitting a record peak of 583,000 per second, Alibaba said. Alibaba, Asia’s largest company, blew past last year’s record $38bn at the beginning of Singles’ Day. Homebound consumers turned grocery delivery into the industry’s hottest arena, anchoring an unprecedented surge in online activity during the nationwide lockdown. Domestic trav...

  Alyssa Anne Dayvault, a YouTube beauty blogger has been jailed for 40 years after she dumped her two newborn babies in the trash.   The YouTube star gave birth to a baby girl in 2017 followed by a baby boy in 2018. She dumped both babies in the trash moments after birthing them.   The 32 year old Alyssa Anne Dayvault, skipped her trial in October and a jury convicted her of two counts of homicide by child abuse despite her absence.   She was sentenced on Thursday, October 5, to spend four decades in prison. Judge Steven John sealed her sentence until she was located and brought to Horry County Court. The jury convicted her of throwing both babies in the garbage moments after birthing them.   After showing little emotion while hearing her verdict, she tearfully asked the judge to reconsider her sentence. “I just want to apologise,” she said.   She also has two other daughters, whom she also apologized to. “I hope one day they’ll forgive me for what I’ve do...

  Samuel Eto’o Fils has been hospitalized with a minor head injury after being involved in a car crash in his native Cameroon.    The ex Barcelona star was traveling home from a family wedding celebration when his car is reported to have been struck by a public bus on the Nkongsamba-Douala Road on Sunday morning, November 8.  He reportedly suffered a head injury and was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.   Martin Camus, a Cameroonian journalist tweeted a picture of Eto'o's damaged vehicle alongside the caption: "The crushed car Samuel Eto'o was in. "I can confirm that he is fine, we spoke again. Doctors taking care of additional examinations."   The pictures shows Eto'o's car smashed from the front after the accident.  France Football also confirmed that Eto'o will undergo further examinations at the hospital where he's currently hospitalized.    Eto'o, who retired from football a year ago, after a lengthy and successful career...

Prof. Ben Ayade the Cross River state governor, has ordered the immediate suspension of transportation of scrap of all categories out of the state. This is as a result of the massive looting and destruction of public and private properties as well as businesses in Calabar by hoodlums last week.  Newsmen learned that most of the items that were looted by hoodlums were being transported out of the state in the guise that those items were scraps. The suspension contained in a statement issued Wednesday, by the governor’s Special Adviser, Media & Publicity, Mr Christian Ita warned transporters not to aid anyone in whatever guise to transport any item out if the state. He said: “It has come to the attention of the governor that in a desperate bid to escape arrest, criminals and their masterminds who callously looted government and private properties have now resorted to moving such items out of the state disguised as scraps. Consequently, the government hereby places an immedia...

  Nigeria’s ex-finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The ex-minister polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her South Korea’s trade minister  opponent, at the final stage of the race More details soon.....

  With the entire board,  Barcelona  president Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned  from their posts. The president had been due to officially end his tenure next year, with elections called for March, but the club's members called for a vote of no confidence in an effort to get Bartomeu out immediately. A total of 20,687 votes were gathered for the motion against Bartomeu, passing the threshold of 16,250 signatures required for the vote to go ahead.  The Barca board repeatedly tried to postpone the vote but, on Monday, local authorities rejected the club's push to delay the proceedings.  As a result, the vote was set to go ahead in the coming weeks, but will no longer be necessary as Bartomeu and the board have stepped down. Bartomeu said on Monday that he believed that Messi could lead Barca to titles this season, admitting that he could not let the Argentine leave for the good of the club.  And now, it is Bartomeu that is leaving, as he ends his time ...

  President Josep Maria Bartomeu announces the resignation of the FC Barcelona Board of Directors. The cause of their resignation is yet unknown.  More details coming soon ..........

   A tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit  exploded on the Otedola bridge in Lagos state in the early hours of today Saturday, October 17.   According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the incident occurred around 2am involving a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit and a truck carrying other goods.  The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, said both trucks were out-bound Lagos for delivery. “The Agency promptly responded to a fire outbreak after several distress calls were received from the control room at the above-mentioned address at around 0200hrs. On arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that a 40fit containerized Truck loaded with fabric had a brake failure while moving inward Berger. It then collided with a tanker loaded with 33000 litres of PMS. The impact of the collision resulted in fire outbreak.”Oke-Osanyitolu said No casualty was recorded in the incident, he added. 

  Abdul Mahmud, a former Students' union leader and activist, has lent his voice to the #EndSARS movement which has been revitalized in the last few days.  In a tweet he shared, Mahmud alleged that President Buhari is desperate and ''the threat to shut down Nigeria's internet over the #EndSARS protest is real.''   See his tweet below;   Buhari is desperate. The threat to shut the internet is real. I mentioned it to protesters on Saturday. It is the last dice of this irresponsible government. Time to start exchanging telephone numbers! #SARSMUSTEND We must resist the shutting down as it will imperil small businesses, hospitals that depend on the net for specialist online services, and cripple our economy. Buhari doesn't care; but we must force him to care! Nation-building isn't about exercising naked power!  

  Gladwn Mboweni 51, committed suicide by setting his home on fire using a highly inflammable substance in  South Africa. But he was not the only one that died in the incident.  His two daughters, 13-year old Minkateko and Tsakani Mboweni,9, also died in the incident which happened at Nkowankowa township outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. Mboweni was the Mopani District Manager of Stats South Africa.    Police spokesperson, Brig. Motlafela Mojapelo, who confirmed the incident on Monday, October 12, say the motive was still unknown but they are not ruling out domestic violence.   "The neighbours allegedly saw the house engulfed in flames and jumped over the wall fence to rescue the occupants. They broke one of the windows to get inside and in the process managed to rescue the father who had already suffered from smoke inhalation. He died on the scene." said Brig. Mojapelo. “The intense of the blaze and smoke forced them out. The police and emergency ...