Manchester United Coach,Sir Alex Ferguson retires after 26 years

Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United boss at the end of the season, the Premier League champions announced Wednesday, ending the career of the most successful manager English football has known.

Ferguson, 71, guided United to 13 Premier League titles and two European Champions League crowns in 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.It was not until Tuesday that rumours of Ferguson's shock retirement started circulating, but he said it was a decision he had been considering for some time.
"The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time," Ferguson said in a statement.

Police Arrests Couple who bought twin babies for N1.8million

Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a couple, who bought twin babies and attempted to smuggle them out of the country.

Adenuga Soyibo and his wife Elizabeth allegedly bought the babies for N1.8million from a woman in Rivers State. The Police said yesterday that they were yet to trace the baby trader's location.The couple were arrested following a tip-off on April 15 by the American Consulate. The Police said the Consulate reported that the couple applied for American visas and their application was deferred on the suspicion that the babies they claimed to be theirs appeared to have been stolen.It was gathered that the Consulate ordered a DNA test to ascertain the biological relationship of the babies with the suspects.

Photo and Profile of the dead Nigerian Air Force Pilots

These are the photos of the two Nigerian Air Force pilots who lost their lives after the fighter jet they were flying crashed in Niger on Monday May 6th.
They are Flt Lt Benjamin Bem Ado and Flg Offr Ayuba Joad Layelmenson. The two officers were part of the Air Force contingent in the African-led International Support Mission in Mali stationed in Niamey, Niger Republic.
This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja and signed by Commodore Yusuf Anas, the Director, Air Force Information and Public Relations.

 Ado hailed from Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue and was a member of the 50th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
He was an instructor pilot who had flown many aircraft types in the inventory of NAF, as well as Pakistan and the United States of America.

US sends State Department officials to probe Baga killings

The US government has dispatched a team of State Department officials to meet with top Nigerian government officials this week in Abuja to determine the actual circumstances of the Baga massacre between Boko Haram terrorists and the Nigerian military, Empowered Newswire reports.
While the US-based Human Rights Watch, has accused the Nigerian military for the massacre claiming that over 185 people were killed and thousands of houses destroyed, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Ade Adefuye, said the satellite pictures released by the human rights organisation were insufficient to determine who was responsible for the carnage.
The Empowered Newswire report indicated that US officials were in a dilemma over which of the disparate accounts to believe, hence the team's visit.

Nigerian War Jet Crashes in Niger Republic

A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the two pilots were killed, an army source in Niamey said.

The fighter jet was part of Nigeria's air fleet engaged with an African force battling hardline Islamists in Mali. The Niger military source said it had suffered a "mechanical" problem.

"A Nigerian fighter plane crashed this morning (Monday) in the Dargol zone (west), killing the two pilots," the officer said.
Nigerian army spokesman Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru, confirmed the jet belonged to his country's airforce, but gave no further details.
French and Chadian planes and US drones have used the Niamey airport as a base for their operations in Mali.

Photo-Armed Robber That Survived mob justice

 

A suspected robber, Quadri Adisa, escaped death in Bariga at the early hours of Sunday after terrified residents mustered courage to overpower a four-man gang terrorizing Olowu and Omigbe streets in Bariga. Adisa was said to have been rescued by an anti robbery team attached to the Bariga police division and subsequently arrested. A laborer at a sawmill in Oyingbo, Adisa had, in  company with three others, successfully robbed all the occupants of No 37 Olowu street before proceeding to No 26 Omigbe street where a welder also fell victim.A resident, who identified himself as Popoola, said, “They had already robbed some people at Olowu street before they came here. Unfortunately for them, other tenants in the same building, who heard them while they were beating the welder with their guns, raised the alarm and other residents on the street came out in large numbers to stop the robbers.

Nigerian Private Jet Owners barred From Carrying Friends and Associates

A new policy called the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2013 has been introduced by the federal government banning private jet owners from carrying their friends and business associates on board their aircraft. They are only allowed to carry family members, while companies with private jets are only allowed to carry their employees or members of the Boards of Directors.

Read what the NCAP policy states after the cut...

Don Jazzy Shuts Down his Night Club

 

Months after opening his night club, PoP, in Victoria Island, Mavin CEO and music producer Don Jazzy has reportedly shut it down.he shut the club down after realizing running a music label is different from running a night club.

PoP was shut down because it wasn't making money as expected. Heard some people will show up at the club just to take photos with him and leave. Also, some "important people" will buy drinks and not pay.so he had to shut the club down to concentrate fully on his music label.

Photo-Desmond Elliot and Family

       Lovely Family

Ex Super Eagles Right back,Chidi Odiah Now A Taxi Driver In US

Former Super Eagles defender Chidi Odiah now faces life after football since he relocated to the United States of America(USA).

Sources close to the player in Port Harcourt revealed to Express Sports that he had been working as a taxi driver since arriving the United States last year from his former base in Russia.

"Chidi has stopped playing and is now in USA.I heard he invested heavily in taxi business which is a reliable source of income over there. The good thing is that he bought two houses in US. He rented out one of them and he leaves in the other apartment. He should be comfortable because he made a lot of money when he was in Russia and he invested wisely with it both at home and abroad'', a source disclosed.

Although he has denied it.

Father Impregnates Daughter- Victim's Photo

A Karu, Abuja, Upper Area Court has remanded 42-year-old Rufua Alabi in prison custody after he was arraigned for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter.

The prosecutor, Cpl Pascal Njoku told the court that Alabi of Kurudu Village, Abuja, committed the offence sometime last year, following which the daughter was carrying a six-months-old pregnancy for him.

He said that the girl's mother, Bose reported the matter at the Jikwoyi Police Station, after she found out that her daughter was pregnant and that Bose took her daughter to the hospital where a doctor confirmed that she was pregnant.

Rivers State PDP Crisis-Police Seal off Obio/Akpor Secretariat

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State took a fresh dimension on Friday when heavily armed policemen sealed off the secretariat of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council.
The policemen, who were led to the secretariat by the Divisional Police Officer, Rumuodomaya Police Station, about 2 pm, had ordered the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the local government, Mr. Chikodi Dike out of the secretariat.

It was learnt that the DPO had told Dike that the directive to order him out of the secretariat came from the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu.

Workers and others who were on a visit to the secretariat were thoroughly searched before they were allowed to leave the premises where a patrol van was stationed.

Balotelli Dumbed by Girl Friend

Mario Balotelli has been dumped by his girlfriend Fanny Neguesha — just days after he said the entire Real Madrid team could sleep with her, 

Model Fanny, 22, moved out of the footie bad boy's mansion in Italy following blazing rows over his joke remark and partying. Pals say the striker is distraught at Fanny's walkout but has cheered himself up by buying a £200,000 Ferrari F450.

NSCDC Inspector Posts Nude Picture of Ex lover On Facebook

A Senior Inspector in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Bayo Onifade, of the Oyo State Command has been arrested by the police for posting a nude picture of his mistress on facebook after their relationship collapsed.
It was gathered that Onifade and the married woman started their private love affair in December last year in Saki, a major town in the northern part of Oyo State.
While the relationship lasted, Onifade was said to have taken his lover to a location in the town where he took her nude photograph with his mobile phone.
But disagreement broke out when the woman decided to stop the relationship in March. The decision did not go down well with the NSCDC Senior Inspector.
He was said to have pleaded with her to continue with the secret affair but the 27-year old mother of two declined. It was learnt that Onifade consequently posted the nude photo of the woman on facebook .

Buhari to Contest Presidential election in 2015 under APC

Now, this is serious...Former military head of State General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he will "surely seek election mandate of Nigerians" in 2015 under the newly formed APC. he however claimed he is ready to step down for any other better candidate that may emerge under the new party.
WN readers, what's your thoughts on this development? please drop your comments below

Photo of the day-2baba and Daughter

 

 Check out the resemblance ;)

Ogun Police Arrest's Cow for Murder

This Ogun people are very funny. sometime last year, there task force arrested five goats for wandering now there police have arrested a cow for murder. the cow was arrested following the death of a 24year old man identified as Azeez Salako at illata area of Ota in Ogun state. Youths in  the area were planning to hold a carnival on Sunday April 27 during the gathering, there was an argument and one of the boys identified as Dayo broke a bottle and stabbed Salako in the neck
When the police arrived at the scene, every one has fled leaving behind the "poor" cow bought for slaughter during the carnival and the police arrested the cow and took it to the station where it is currently detained.