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McCoy91:
That's real sad. Now jobless and unlikely to get a top-notch job anymore.

That's not true he might likely return to premiership

Rafael Benitez's  unhappy six-month tenure at the European champions, Internazionale, ended tonight when the Spaniard's contract at San Siro was terminated, with the parting of the ways set to be formally confirmed in the next 24 hours.

The Italian club's president, Massimo Moratti, is in the process of negotiating the manager's payoff with the pair's relationship having fractured beyond repair in recent weeks. Benítez claimed Inter's fifth trophy of the year on Saturday when his side won the World Club Cup by defeating the Congolese team TP Mazembe in Abu Dhabi, but the tensions spilled over in his post-match press conference as he effectively served Moratti with an ultimatum to back him in the transfer market next month or sack him.

Inter, alarmed by the manager's verbal attack, have now taken the latter option with last season's treble winners languishing seventh in Serie A, 13 points off the leaders Milan, albeit with two games in hand, with the domestic league now in its midwinter break. Moratti's pursuit of the former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti appears set to be frustrated with his club, Zenit St Petersburg, insistent that he will remain in Russia for another season with their owners, Gazprom, having promised him significant funds to strengthen his side ahead of the defence of their trophy next term.

That will leave Inter to court the former Rossoneri coach Leonardo – there are suggestions talks are already at an advanced stage – to step in to the dug-out for the immediate future, potentially with a view to becoming a technical director at the club at the end of the season when a permanent managerial appointment is made.

Moratti declined to comment publicly on the change in management today, but the matter is in the hands of the lawyers as both club and Benítez seek a settlement on the compensation owed on the remaining 18 months of the 50-year-old's contract at San Siro. Benítez is back in Liverpool, where he spent six years in charge at Anfield, with his family at present reflecting on a six-month spell in Italian football that yielded only six league wins.

His spell at the club, as the successor to José Mourinho, had been undermined by injuries to key players and by the Italian champions' reluctance to spend heavily in the transfer market. The majority of supporters appeared to be sympathetic of the constraints under which Benítez had to work and had welcomed him back to Milan at the weekend chorusing his name.

However, the reality was that the Spaniard was never Moratti's first choice to fill the void left by Mourinho and was only secured as a 'big name' appointment once it was clear that the likes of Guus Hiddink and Fabio Capello would not be available. Benítez described his relationship with the club's president as "respectful" yesterday though, in reality, their partnership had long since fractured with the manager frustrated that he had not been able to remodel the team in the same lavish manner as his predecessor.

Capello, whose contract with the Football Association runs until 2012, is not under consideration at San Siro and will remain as England's coach during the European Championships qualifying campaign. Sources close to the 64-year-old have indicated that he would not be interested in returning to Serie A in a managerial capacity and remains committed to the national side.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/21/rafael-benitez-internazionale-massimo-moratti

Scholars author Jonathan’s biography

A team comprising renowned scholars and writers have authored a book, “Wind of Hope,” which is the official biography of President Goodluck Jonathan.
The book is segmented into 10 chapters, each focusing on particular aspects of President Jonathan’s life.
The project team, which has 10 famous writers, is coordinated and edited by an editorial board of five professors, among whom is acclaimed historian, Ebiegberi Alagoa, Yakubu Ochefu, Okon Uya and Bawuro Barkindo.
Others in the team included Tunde Faniyan, Dr. Ibitamuno Aminigo, Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Tam Fiofori, Dr. Ambily Etekpe, Daminabo Opubo, Williams Nyingifa and Mr. Ono Akpe, who is the Project Coordinator, among others.
In a statement to herald its official presentation, Mr. Akpe said, each chapter of the biography seeks to bring to the fore, the story and unique character traits of a man, who rose from a humble beginning to the country’s pinnacle of political power.
“Several interviews, featuring family and close friends and associates, were conducted alongside in_depth research, all aimed at revealing who Dr Jonathan is, how he thinks and what he believes in.
“His humble mien and meteoric rise to power have elicited great curiosity about his person and has generated discourse not only locally but also within international circles.
“While many believe that events in his life are divinely ordained and directed, others believe he is indeed the vehicle God intends to use to bring succour, healing and comfort to the downtrodden masses of Nigeria.
“Wind of Hope amply satisfies the curiosity of all those who seek to know more about President Jonathan. It reveals aspects of his life story and character traits that many do not know,” Akpe said.
The book will be launched on January 6, 2011 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/scholars-author-jonathans-biography/

U see, it pays to be a militant

We need to start this award for guyz also.
I'm just wondering what  the virginity test for guys would be like  

Keep it up!
PDP must fall!!!

na God go save us for this Jos crisis o

delimit:
2 face Idibia was at U.J ESENE Stadium in calabar yesterday night for the annual calabar carnival,he entertained his much awaited fans for close to 2hrs.(close to 1million fans)
people that know 2 face very well we know that he can't do without his usual blunder
In his attempt to wish his fans merry xmas he said "MERRY XMAS AND MERRY HAPPY NEW YEAR"
This award winning naija super star need to employed a private teacher in order to avoid all this common mistake

Missy ★ B:
Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed, lest, he fall!  

so that we won't employ a private teacher for him too 

I tried to google them I no see them

LWKMD

wat's d source pls.

I need to be sure b4 this laff kill me abeg

when d thing dey do u grrrrrrhhhhhhhhh

otukpo:
That is the most annoying.

When roads are not clearly marked, the vultures hiding in one corner, once u drive in, they pounce on u like all their lives is on it.

U don't know may be all their lives are actually on it

but i see more to come next year, cos if your biz brings a turnover of N180m p.a. u will be happy and want to double d figure.
so all ye lagos drivers get ready for arrest on d road. more arrest more money

SSaemoenl:
Hmmmm Watching Atiku losing in general vote!

He's even losing now, cos the poll i can see now on PDP website shows GEJ/Sambo is leading atiku by far.

Anyway, i don't care who wins, all i want is for PDP to sink at least GEJ himself said it

I had to trek back to Obalende after an hour by that time everywhere was blocked still the guy with two balls, one D!C.K, a bayelsa hat and whose good luck is his superiors bad luck didn't come out. Finally I made it home just in time to miss the 10:00 news. God help us!
[quote][/quote]LWKMD    

so sweet

LA2:
Someone please tell me why he still has his suit's label on the sleeve?

I was about to say that. Someone like Uti should know better

This people are just senseless, very soon we'll be begging for another debt relief

"Russian" spies in "US" camp  :

make all of them dey drop joh, especially MTN dem don chop us finish!

but I hope this their competition won't be like that of the banking industry

dotman_a:
Nairalanders!
People should just watch the kind of comments on some serious issue.
This is the new trnd of what is happening in the banking industry.
They were on strike basically because of the havoc the Managing director has caused in the bank.
Who told you the bank is on the verge of collapsing?
You beta pray that this Lamido guy will not succeed on the script he is reading to sell the bank cheaply
as THEY proclaim that the bank is .
THE STRIKE IS ORCHESTRATED BY LAMIDO SOLUTION.

guy u dey vex o, or are you d one leading the strike?

@ laggchick, how much did muiz pay u.

Fashola carry go joh, if possible 3rd term

buzugee:
actually it is her duty. the wealth in the world is FINITE. so that if you have more than your fair share, then tonnes of people will starve. yes it is every rich persons duty to feed starving children. to whom much is given, much is expected. her behavior in doing this is self-centered, irresponsible and vacuous

ok then, you too should sell your car or bike whichever one you ride and donate to starving children, because "much has been given to u" and let's if that would put an end to poverty.

snowdrops:
waste of money. $2 million can feed 2 million starving children in sudan, somalia, nigeria etc.

Absolute rubbish

slap1:
Lol, I've been expecting a post like this. So it's now her duty to feed the starving children of Africa because she's rich, abi? When was the last time you visited a motherless babies' home?

Help me ask him o, he doesn't even sound like someone who can give a beggar 5naira    pshew

If that time we are leaders of next tomorrow, then those in school now nko? , Leaders when Rapture has happened,

[quote][/quote]that means those in school now don't even have tomorrow

In 1985, IBB was the president of Nigeria and our teacher told us that we are the leaders of tomorrow.
25 years later this beast IBB, still wants to become president, is it that tomorrow has not come or what?

I wonder why they didn't give him apple alongside with abacha

RIP IBB!

olumee:
I dislike my parents because they are not as rich as IBB or Atiku. They ought to know that corruption is a tradition in NIGERIA

lmao . Pls don't let your children see this, cos I'm not sure you'll be as rich as IBB and Atiku

More reason for me laugh

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast is in a state of confusion with two rival presidents following the disputed election.

Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo had himself sworn in for a new term Saturday, in defiance of the United Nations, the United States and Ivory Coast's own electoral commission, which have all recognized his rival as the legitimate winner of the election.

Opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara who won 54 percent of the vote, according to the official results, took office a few hours later at a hotel protected by United Nations troops.

Gbagbo took the oath of office in the presidential palace and he held the flag of Ivory Coast, as he vowed not to bow to international pressure to resign.

"These last few days have seen terrible cases of interference," Gbagbo told his supporters at the ceremony. "I call on my fellow countrymen, so that our sovereignty is not damaged, do not call on others to interfere in our affairs."


No diplomats from foreign countries were seen at Gbagbo's ceremony. Leaders of the army appear to support Gbagbo.

A few hours later Ouattara was sworn into office at a hotel using an email sent from an official, according to the BBC. The hotel has become his headquarters and is protected by United Nations guards.

Demonstrators supporting Ouattara burned tires in the streets of Abidjan to protest Gbagbo's move.

Gbagbo claimed victory after the constitutional commission, a separate body from the electoral commission, invalidated results that gave victory to Ouattara in the Nov. 28 poll. The constitutional commission annulled results in seven regions in the north of the country, which is the center of support for Ouattara.

U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy both say Ouattara's victory should be recognized.

"The international community will hold those who act to thwart the democratic process and the will of the electorate accountable for their actions," warned Obama, in a statement.

The election was supposed to unite the world's top cocoa producer, which has been divided since 2002 between a rebel-held north and the government-controlled south. But these contested results have accentuated the very divisions that split Ivory Coast, which is emerging from a short civil war and eight years of uneasy coexistence.

Both camps are convinced of their victory, sowing confusion and division in the country.

Ouattara was the first to be declared the winner. The president of the electoral commission, Youssouf Bakayoko, pronounced Ouattara the victor on Thursday with more than 50 percent of the vote.

The announcement came as a surprise and was made by the electoral commission's president in a hotel far from the commission's headquarters. Members of the body had been wrangling for days, and those allied with Gbagbo didn't hesitate to physically block results from being announced, at one point ripping the sheets of paper from a spokesman's hands in front of rolling cameras.

Just hours later, Bakayoko's results — which weren't broadcast on state television or radio — were denounced by the president of the Constitutional Council — the local equivalent of the Supreme Court. Paul Yao N'Dre explained to the nation that the electoral commission had passed the legal deadline to proclaim a victor, and therefore those results were null and void.

Later in the evening, decrees were read on air cutting off all foreign television and radio and sealing the borders of this small west African state, keeping the news of Ouattara's victory from spreading.

But the state couldn't stop the text messages, tweets and Facebook posts that spread like wildfire, and soon, people in Ouattara's northern strongholds were dancing in the streets. For years northerners have complained of discrimination and their calls for equal rights became a rebellion that cut the country in two in 2002.

A Muslim from the north, Ouattara lived in the United States for years, working as an economist with the International Monetary Fund before returning to work with the west African monetary union. He had been prevented from running for president twice before because officials questioned his nationality. He was only able to run this time because his candidacy was mandated in the 2007 peace accords.

The election was supposed to be the final step in a peace process designed to reunite the country and put all Ivorians, from north and south, under a single government .

Friday afternoon, N'Dre, a close ally of Gbagbo's who co-founded his FPI party in the 1980s, returned to state television to proclaim the incumbent president winner with 51 percent of the vote. This second verdict was accomplished by throwing out almost 600,000 votes, which N'Dre said were invalid due to irregularities including voter intimidation, violence and ballot box stuffing.

Most of the nullified votes were for Ouattara as they came exclusively from regions in the north, where he garnered no less than 85 percent of total votes.

Now it was Gbagbo supporters' turn to dance in the streets, honking their horns and singing their champion's name for all to hear. This time, their celebrations were broadcast live on television, reinforcing the idea across the country that Gbagbo had won.


http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/101204/ivory-coast-president-election

disreason:
What has that got to do with us

In case u want to buy one