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8 April 1907

Name: Tommy Blackstock

Age : [/b]25

[b]Team : Manchester United

[b]Note :[b] Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.

27 October 1906

Name: David "Soldier" Wilson

Age : 23

Team : Leeds United

Notes : Heart attack while playing against Burnley, probably from heavy smoking. He attempted to return to the field of play even when in great pain.

27 August 1902

Name: Di Jones

Age : 35?

Team : Manchester City

Notes : Gashed knee turned septic led to death.

January 1900

Name: James Collins

Age : ?

Team : Sheppy United

Notes : Tetanus caused by on-field injury.

29 November 1896

Name: Joe Powell

Age : 25yrs

Team : Woolwich Arsenal

Notes : Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896.

11 January 1892

Name: James "Daddy" Dunlop

Age : 21yrs

Team : St Mirren

Notes : Tetanus from fall on piece of glass in a friendly game against Abercorn led to death ten days later, at the age of 21.


13 January 1889

Name: [/b]William Cropper

[b]Age : 26yrs

Team : Staveley

Notes : Ruptured bowel in a match against Grimsby Town led to death the next day.


25 May 1896

Name: James Logan

Age : 25yrs

Team : Loughborough F.C.

Notes : Pneumonia while playing.

The following is a list of association footballers who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the pitch. Following an increase in deaths, both during matches and training, FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) considered mandatory cardiac testing, already in place for years in some countries, such as Italy.

Footballers are known to give their all on the field. There is nothing new in them suffering injuries but what everyone worries about is dealing with those injuries instantly. When that injury turns fatal, it is a truly nightmarish situation. There have been many instances where football players have succumbed to their on field injuries.

By 2009, FIFA player PCMA (Pre-Competition Medical Assessment) included family history, heart rhythm, sounds, and ECG (electrocardiogram) results. UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) required extensive medical tests, including ECG (electrocardiogram) and echo (echocardiogram) for players in the Europa League 2011–12. Constant monitoring has been advised.

Source :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_footballers_who_died_while_playing
Source :http://www.sportskeeda.com/slideshow/five-footballers-died-pitch-suffering-on-field-injuries

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The Fulanis, herdsmen and other stories
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[size=30pt]“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
― Horace Walpole
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The Fulani herdsmen have dominated the Nigerian news and social discussion space, and as usual with everything Nigerian, we are all now experts in all matters Fulanis.

I am writing this admonition, not to be politically correct, neither am I writing to please anyone, on the contrary I would dare court controversies for therein lies what is near to the truth. In the next few paragraphs I have chosen not to see tragedy in the killings in Agatu, that of Enugu, Plateau, Oyo, Ondo, Zamfara, Katsina, and all the places where similar killings have occurred, on the contrary I am drawing us to reason and not emotions.

I wish that we all can conclusively agree that the Fulanis are the herdsmen, but because we cannot agree, the debates continues.

One fact no one can debate or run from is that in all the places mentioned, people died, and they did not die as result of fuel scarcity, lack of electricity or the skyrocketing price of foodstuffs. On the contrary they were killed, and with the exception of few cases were herdsmen have come out to say we did this for reason XYZ, the rest remains speculations!

The reason is not far fetched...we have failed and continue to fail ourselves, both as a people and a nation. Months after these killings, how many people were killed, concrete figures of the dead and wounded at both federal and state levels, would remain speculations.

There is no agreement between government and it's agencies that are in symphony with the events that occurred. The Enugu governor is crying and laughing; some of his kinsmen are wishing they had a Fayose for governor. We have Fulani herdsmen and herdsmen, not forgetting cattle rustlers.

The cultural and ethnic groups like Afenifere, Odua, and Ohaneze, are ranting and rightly so, sadly the MIYETTI, the association that is umbrella of the cattle owners are not talking hard enough...neither has the AREWA put it's foot down.

The 19 governors rising from their meeting recently have only spent more energy on addressing preaching license and done little about tackling what is largely her problem.

Postulating like my friend Benjamin Aduba, apart from testimonies from victims, in a law court no one can get a conviction if the question is boldly "Who did the killing"? Fulani herdsmen? Boko Haram terrorists? Soldiers/Police? We do not know. The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Prof. Godfrey Onah has been quoted as saying that security operatives withdrew just before attacks and reported back only when the attacks had been completed and that the attack was public knowledge before it happened. If it had been really the work of herdsmen how could they have galloped away with their cattle without trace? We know that cattle and herders travel on foot at snail speed leaving swaths of trail behind including feaces and footprints. How come that there are not straggler cows? How come that not one herdsman or cow was killed? This raises the question: was there any fighting at all?

Is it possible that this was the work of well-trained killers, fighters or whatever nomenclature we choose to tag them? Now let us look at another angle--People were killed but really what was the motive. If the killings were the work of herdsmen, the motive would be a fight for grazing rights, or that two-word phrase that keeps raising "Islamic agenda". We are speculating, because all we need do is start a Christian agenda!

While I am courting enemies, and friends in this admonition, I asked a top security operative, how are the Fulanis and Enugu persons in the DSS working together on this case, and he simply replied Dr. Charles, let me tell you two stories.

Three sons left home, went out into the business world and all prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.

The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second said, "I sent her the latest Mercedes with a driver."

The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You know how much Mother enjoys reading poetry? Aиd you know she can't see very well. So I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites all her favourite poetry. It took a world- famous literacy teacher 12 years to teach him and cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars to see to his maintenance yearly He's one of a kind. Mother just has to name the poem, and the parrot recites it."

Soon thereafter, Mother sent out her letters of thanks:

"Milton," she wrote to the first son, "The house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."

"Gerald," she wrote to the second, "I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. Aиd the driver is so rude!"

"Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son, " You have the good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was absolutely delicious!

I nodded, asked him the import of this story. He simply said to me, Nigeria is not about Buhari, APC, PDP and change, it is about the different narratives which often than not betray our sense of emotion. We act in the now, we pour venoms on each other, and fact is we really do not know what we want. We don't know the story, but we know our side of the story.

He then went on to tell me the next story...A carpenter went home after shutting down his workshop, a black poisonous cobra entered his workshop. The cobra was hungry and hoped to find its supper lurking somewhere within. It slithered from one end to another & finally bumped into an axe & got very slightly injured. In anger & revenge, the snake bit the axe with full force. What could a bite do to a metallic axe? Instead the cobra's mouth started bleeding.

Out of fury and arrogance, the cobra tried it's best to strangle & kill the object that was causing it pain by wrapping itself around the axe.

The next day when the carpenter opened the workshop, he found a dead cobra wrapped around the axe blades. The cobra didn't die because of someone else's fault but faced these consequences merely because of it's own anger and wrath.

It is not necessary that we show a reaction to everything. Step back and ask yourself if the matter is really worth responding to.

We have plenty narratives my friend added, and we are all angry, we have stories of how these guys are indeed Fulanis but from Chad, Niger, and as far as Mali, we also have stories that they are even late Ghadafi's fighters. There are stories of their cows were killed and they will avenge even if it is 100 years. Some have seen AK47 welding herdsmen and others are trying to reconcile it with the stick carry Fulani illiterate.

We have seen people who almost died because their cars bump into the herds on a highway, we have moved to the debate or grazing reserves and ranches. Everyone is right, and yet wrong!

My friend in the DSS happens to be a Christian, he is Fulani, and owns a very big farm, yet viewed with suspicion, both by his Fulani family and the larger public.

Let me conclude again in the stance of my friend Benjamin Aduba, the only other truth is that there is more to the Fulani narratives than we know and perhaps we will ever know. I am more terrified by our lack of knowledge than by the incidents that we know of. We have unknown unknowns, has Boko Haram metamorphosed into herdsmen and are invading southern Nigeria or we are just telling stories--Only time will tell

Afeni Shakur Davis, mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of one of his most iconic songs and who oversaw his posthumous legacy, has died. She was 69 years old.

Marin County deputies responded to Shakur’s home in Sausalito, Calif., Monday night after she suffered a possible cardiac arrest, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday morning. She was taken to a local hospital and died just before 10:30 p.m.

Shakur, born Alice Faye Williams, changed her name when she moved to New York City and joined the Black Panther movement. She and other party members were arrested in 1969 and charged with conspiracy to bomb multiple, busy city landmarks.[img][/img]

In May 1971, was acquitted on all charges after she represented herself in court — and she gave birth to Tupac just one month later.

She was the subject of his 1995 song “Dear Mama,” in which Tupac detailed his childhood struggles and respect for his mother.

“There's no way I can pay you back/But the plan is to show you that I understand/You are appreciated,” he rapped.

After her son’s 1996 shooting death, Shakur took over the late rapper’s estate, which reportedly earns about $900,000 each year.

Dina LaPolt, a California attorney who handled Tupac Shakur’s estate for nearly 10 years, fought back tears as she described Shakur, who inspired the lawyer to open up her own frim in 2001.[img][/img]



“She’s an advocate. She’s an activist. She taught me never to compromise your values — to always fight for what you believe in,” she told the Daily News Tuesday.

LaPolt oversaw the legal work behind 11 posthumously released albums while she represented the estate between 2001 and 2010.

The lawyer developed a close professional relationship with Shakur, who LaPolt described as “one of the smartest people I’ve ever worked with,” citing how the Black Panther represented herself in court. The activist mother also influenced LaPolt’s personal life, she said.
Afeni (l.) and Tupac Shakur in the 2003 documentary "Tupac: Resurrection." MTV
Afeni (l.) and Tupac Shakur in the 2003 documentary "Tupac: Resurrection."

“I met her when I was 91 days sober. Now I’m 18 years sober,” she said. “She was very, very instrumental in my life. I carry her with me to this day.”

Earlier this year, Shakur filed for divorce from her husband of 12 years, Gust Davis, and was allegedly in a legal battle over the fortune, TMZ reported. Davis demanded half of the monthly $20,000 Shakur took home every month.

In 2014, Shakur co-produced “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” a Broadway jukebox musical featuring her son’s works.

A movie about Tupac's life, "All Eyez on Me," is set for release in November, with Danai Gurira cast as Shakur. Shakur served as an executive producer for the film.

The Marin County Sheriff's Coroner's Office will lead the investigation to determine the cause and manner of Shakur's death.[img][/img]

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There's Only One Thing Wrong With This Picture. Can You Find It In Five Seconds?

Sometimes the most frustrating puzzle can be the simplest. If you can't find all the tigers in a painting or get the hidden picture in a Magic Eye image to show up, it's not really worth sweating over. If you're pressed for time, those can start to feel less like fun challenges and more like chores. After all, the actual steps to seeing a Magic Eye picture the "right" way are kind of involved and you can eat up a surprising amount of time when you've got a whole series of them in front of you.

But when you're only supposed to find one simple thing in a picture, it can inspire a kind of maddening determination if the answer's not immediately clear. Even though I'm probably not making it sound that appealing, that's the kind of puzzle we have today.

You're supposed to be a real smooth operator if you can find out what's wrong with the following picture in five seconds. I'll admit it took me longer than that, but let's see how you do.

Please COMMENT and let us know if you caught it immediately.

Inside this picture, there's one mistake.

Start your clock and go for it!

Photo showing Gov Nyesom Wike's SA on Special projects Mr Cyril Dum Nwite being paraded after his arrest, alongside four other boys reportedly with fake police and military uniforms near INEC office in Bori.

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Hello Nairalander's

I will like to the Exchange rate on Black market of Euro to naira Because What am seeing in the CBN rating is N219 per Euro. Can anybody Tell more about it Please.

54 Dye-Pits in kano and section of Kano market

41 View of the Old City of Kano from the top of the Mosque

42 Walking in the Old city

43 More old city of kano

44 Another view from the top of the kano mosque

37 Eric Chicago Among the Peanuts

38 Camels Among the Peanut Pyrmaids

39 The impressive Kano Mosque

40 Minaret of the kano Mosque

33 People at Burnin-kudu

34 Kids at burnin-kudu

35 Road kill on Kano Raod

36 Peanu sacks in kano

29 More jos-Bauchi Road

30 Palace at BAuchi

31 Village on Bauchi-Kano Raod

32 Musicain at burnin-kudo on way to Kano

25 On the Jos-Bauchi Road

26 Cattle on the Jos-Bauchi Road

27 Fulani man herding his cattle and walking south

28 The Beautiful jos Bauchi road

Nigeria has changed beyond recognition, these photos has transformed Nigeria into the country we know today.

21 Stream Near Norcap

22 Road to Jos

23 House of peace corps teacher at Bukuru just outside Jos

24 Museum of African Art at Jos

17 Rice Field At Norcap

18 Thrashing Rice At Norcap

19 Children At Norcap Village

20 Goat At Norcap

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14-abakaliki-countryside_

15--the-directors-house-at-norcap_

16-standing-in-a-yam-field-run-by-norcap_

9-loading-trucks-at-asaba_

10-chief-osadebay-and-his-entourage_

11-view-of-the-niger-river_

12-view-of-engugu_