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MANCHESTER, England – Manchester City says defender Kolo Toure was suspended Thursday after failing a doping test.
City issued a statement Thursday saying "the FA has informed Kolo Toure that an 'A sample' provided by him has tested positive for a specified substance."
The club said Toure has been suspended from all matches "pending the outcome of the legal process."
The World Anti-Doping Agency defines a specified substance as one that is "more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation." Its punishment for such a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.
The 29-year-old Toure joined City from Arsenal in 2009. He was City's captain under former manager Mark Hughes but was replaced as captain this season by Carlos Tevez.
His brother Yaya Toure also plays for City.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110303/ap_on_sp_so_ne/soc_man_city_kolo_toure_suspended_2

PStylish:
@All Ndigbo
Most of you guys are just internet warriors. And you just catching fun taunting the Yoruba folks especially those who are not on ground in Lagos.
I will make clarify some issues for the avoidance of doubt:
1. Igbo demand for more representation
It is very provocative for Igbos to begin to demand for more political representation in Lagos by way of political appointment. It begins to look like blackmail and an attempt to assert unfounded/unproven influence.In Lagos, it should be Yorubas first, then others. Lagos is the melting pot for all Yorubas. And I dont think all Yorubas have been served yet.

2. Igbo contribution to the Lagos economy
The contribution of the Igbos to the Yoruba economy is being overhyped. The 80-20 factor comes in handy here. 80% of Igbos contribute only 20% to the Lagos economy while 20% of the Yoruba population contribute 80% to the Lagos economy. How does selling spare parts, cars, etc contribute in any significant way to the economy.
The average Igbo graduate would rather die a job seeker than set up a company or start a business. Most Igbo graduates lose every sense of enterpreneurship as soon as they become graduates. Most Igbos in business are not graduates.
This is not so with the Yoruba. Most Yoruba graduates set up businesses/companies  if they cant lay their hands on a good job after graduation. Go to CAC in Alausa and see the number of young Yorubas registering businesses. These are the real people contributing to the economy not some illiterate and half-illiterates selling spare parts et al.

3. On Lagos being built with federal money
Only the present day Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland were the federal capital territory. The remaining parts were part of the old western region. Even then these local govts have the highest population of indigenous Lagosians.
Hence, much of Lagos is old western region

4. The true population of the Igbos in Lagos
I will put the populations of Igbos in Lagos at 2million max. My estimate is based on the following:
*Faith Tabernacle is a 50,000-seater church in Ota, Ogun state. An anyone especially an Igbo man living in Lagos, if he were not told authoritatively, will assume the population to be 500,000 and he would have been very wrong.
*I assume all the 50000 worshippers in faith tabernacle are Igbos  residing in one local govt in Lagos.
*50000*20 local govts in Lagos gives 1,000,000 Igbos in Lagos.
*I then decide to add 1,000,000 extra.
* This brings the population of Igbos in Lagos to 2 million at most.
Its fairly large but looks like 20 million in the eyes of Igbos. A crowd of people always look more in number than their true number. It cant pose enough any threat to the Yorubas. I still insist that Tinubu's personal ambition of wanting to become Senate President pushed him to make those Igbo appointments he made in order to make him look like a nationalist.He was not under any pressure whatsoever and he was in his second term at the time. Now it has backfired. I hope Fashola does the right thing.

5. On future violence between Igbos and Yorubas
Igbos have a responsibilty to prevent any future violence with their Yoruba hosts by keeping to their legitimate business and taking their eyes of politics and political appointments. Pushing Yorubas to the wall can bring about a very deadly backlash and cause you to lose even the little you've got politically and economically. Yorubas may take sh.i.t for a long while but by the time they react it will be deadly. No doubt, both sides will suffer but at the resolution of the conflict, Igbos will suffer a very serious setback in all areas.The Hausa-Fulani founded and controlled the mile 12 market in Lagos pre 2000. After, violent OPC Hausa clashes, the Lagos state govt took over it. Hence, they lost their heritage.
Remember, the Gani Adams faction of the OPC is very deadly and uncompromising. If they could invade Ilorin to depose the fulani emir how much more Igbos around them. There is OPC in the north.

6. On Igbo agberos
I would say at this point that agberos are not equal to NURTW members. NURTW members where uniforms with their names inscribed on them. I have seen 1 or 2 non Yorubas in these uniforms. The real agberos do not where uniforms.The have no permanent base and they deliver their proceeds to Obas and Baales. Proceeds are usually shared among indigenes and they are usually indigenes themselves. I have never seen an Igbo in this category.

7. On Fasholas positive response
Dont be deceived, the governor of any state is supposed to be father of all. He will not vent at the Igbos in open. No leader should do that. Even in Plateau state, the governor still tries as much as possible to hide his resentment for the Hausa-Fulani and appear neutral even though he is cursing them in his closet and planning their fall.
But please dont start complaining when demolition of your "wrongly located" shops and  properties start taking place. Also, increase in taxes will not favour you guys.Since you wont go and meet Yoruba folks to verify if they've paid their taxes. I see agberos harass Igbo drivers and conductors daily especially when they refuse to pay owo ile. This is after they've paid park dues. LASTMA is a nightmare to Lagosians anytime anyday but some group feel it more.

Enough said for now. One love.

I dont think you know what you wrote about jobs.
There are jobless youths irrespective of ethnic group.
But you cant prove yoruba set up new jobs than others.
I think reverse is the case, maybe.

About the population of Igbo in Lagos.
You used faith terbanacle as your immediate reference.
It makes no sense at all.
Do you know the Catholic church and it's population?
Anglican, methodist combined with all the pentecoastal churches in lagos?
If you sum up the Igbos in those churches, you know you will get a significant number.
I am not trying argue about Igbo population but to show that one church cant be used to determine the population of Igbos.
Peace,

damas11111:
How and when does it even become a "sin" for a military man to sack an obviously corrupt govt which was widely known by all and sundry for the looting of our nation's treasury? Will it not even be better for the military to overthrow this useless govt [/b]of PDP that has nothing tangible to show for the over $500B we earned in 12 years of their mis-rulership? [b]With all the noise and hatred for the military intervention in our polity, their era has brought more and far better development to our country than the so-called civilian era.

Let's face it, Libya with Gadhafi ruling for more than 41years is far better than Nigeria with democracy. You only need to listen to those Nigerians recently evacuated from Libya to know that they were faring better than majority back home.

For me, Buhari's sacking of Shagari regime even slowed down the decay that our society was to pass through. Had he intervened to enrich himself and his family members, then no pardoning. HE MEANT WELL with his intervention and that's the more reason he can command a significant following today.

A vote for Jonathan is surely a deservice to our nation. A vote for Ribadu is surely a gamble judging by the people around him. A vote for Buhari is surely a vote for positive change, progress and accountability in our nation.

Your line of reasoning is so flawed.
You enjoy the brutality that comes with military government.
So you enjoyed Buhari, Ibb and Abacha's reign in power because they became head of state with the reason( to tackle corruption, lol).
My friend, if Nigeria was still practicing a military government, you wouldn't be yapping online.
That's called freedom. Freedom and right does not and will never be synonymous with any "good" military regime.

alphabet43:
@ Bash: and there you have it. Ivynwa sounds like an Igbo woman to me. Maybe if you listen to your women and stop being so defensive you will hear something. That's exactly what this issue is about.

What exactly are you saying?
Why didn't you react/speak up when things are done by other ethnic group?
You want to prove Igbo men are violent to their wives or what.
No ethnic group is more violent than the other.

How and why is P-square on the third spot?

Nicklee:
I don't usually leave comments recklessly on nairaland but[b] I can't stand Beaf's outrightly silly and immoral posts anymore[/b]. This is plain craziness. Maybe I have lived too long away from Nigeria not to realize that people like Beaf are the order of the day. If this is the case, my apologies. Otherwise, will you shut up Mr (or Ms) Beaf?

You need to state why you picked out Beaf.
There are others too but did you choose to ignore their comments and focus on beaf.
He's only trying to campaign for Goodluck.

owobokiri:
I was told that all you need to do to have your Ikwerre name is to simply add the letter "R" to any Igbo name and you have an Ikwerre name. EG; Obinna = Robinna. (maybe this is how we got "Robinho). Emeka = Remeka. Okoro = Rokoro. .

Funny,

alphabet43:
@ Henry

I dnt think they will comment on this one.
If this happens now imagine what's gonna happen in the long run,

alphabet43:
@ bashr post the link and dispute my tribal card, lol. Facts are facts. I[b] won't even begin to mention the God complex my Igbo friends have towards women. It's in you guys culture and it's factual.[/b] I've had to get involved multiple times myself. I really was trying to be nice and for your information, I have more unflattering facts that I'm not even disclosing because my intention is not bashing

What complex are you talking about?
You have Igbo friends now means Igbo men have complex towards women.
You dnt really know what you talking about.

Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike is facing a battle to be fit for a crucial 2012 Nations Cup qualifier in March against Ethiopia.
The 23-year-old hobbled off during the first half of his Super Eagles' debut in the 2-1 friendly win over Sierra Leone on 9 February.
The Karabükspor of Turkey forward was ruled out for six weeks and is now receiving treatment on the troubled knee.
"It was terrible but I am getting better each day," Emenike told BBC Sport.
"A [Sierra Leone] player caught me during the game.
"I have a strap on it now but hopefully that should be taken off in a couple of days.
"There is a strong possibility that I will be fit enough to play the game in March," he added.
Samson Siasia, Super Eagles coach and the man who persuaded Emenike to commit his international future to Nigeria also hopes the player will be fit for the game.
"I will be very happy if he is available for the match." Siasia said.
"He impressed me against Sierra Leone despite being stretchered out during the game."
Relatively unknown back home, Emenike starred in South Africa for Mpumalanga Black Aces and FC Cape Town, before joining Kardemir Karabükspor in the Turkish second division in 2009.
On the back of his 16 goals last season, Karabükspor won promotion to the top flight and he is into double figures this season.
The Turkish Football Federation had in November 2010 expressed their interest in having him play for the Turkish national team.
But Siasia, in need of a prolific goal scorer, met him late last year and was able to convince the player to play for Nigeria instead of Turkey.


Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9409929.stm
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[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=612355.msg7808391#msg7808391 date=1298778198]This is happening more with Igbo men than other Nigerian groups. If this is now the new trend in America, I suggest Nigerian investigators really should delve more into the "suicidal" cases in Igboland.

When an Igbo man says "Till death do us part", I guess he really meant it. No wonder Igbo women prefer marrying Yoruba men, now I see why the rate b/w Yorubaman-Igbowomen are on the increase. [/quote]You are not making any sense.
If Yoruba men are marrying Igbo women, who are the Igbo men getting married to?
The motive is not what you stated.
I heard, it's to dilute the ugly faces present in Yorubaland,

Aigbofa:
That is really commendable, as long as you don't turn to[b] Tobechi[/b].

Who's Tobechi?

9ijaMan:
Beaf, perhaps you should leave NL for us for a few hours while you bask in the euphoria of the release of another felon into your benefactor's fold. Abeg go and celebrate Olabode George while adults engage in serious discussion.

Bro the statement is not speculation. Sambo will lose Kaduna to Buhari any time any day!

Do you stay in Kaduna?
The vote is gong to be even or GEJ taking majority of the votes.

Jarus:
Yet another rhetoric from a PDP politician. Deep down, even Mrs Ciroma knows CPC will beat PDP hands down in North-West, including Sambo's Kaduna.

I think you assume too much.
Mere speculation.

tolu001:
Under normal circumstances of a free and fair election, BB ticket will definitely secure a landslide victory over the Jonathan/Samba going by the present political calculations and number of registered voters from each state.

If votes would be allowed to count, then you can surely throw the so-called power of incumbency into the dustbin, cos GE will loose gallantly.

This can be disputed. Their growing popularity doesn't instantly means they will be voted for.

PapaBrowne:
Let me start by acknowledging the fact that the Bakare pick by Buhari, has improved Buhari's fortunes desperately. In many online polls I've come across of recent, Buhari/ Bakare's popularity has skyrocted sometimes surpassing that of Jonathan. What I observed however, is that the biggest loser is Ribadu. All his fans seemed to drift enmass to the Buhari/Bakare ticket. Jonathan's popularity remains good, just a little less than the early days.
Given the fact that Buhari controls the North West with 19 Million Voters and has a pretty Good Showing in the South West, you would think Victory should be certain for CPC.
However, I'm 1000% sure that after a free and fair election come May 29th Buhari would not be anywhere near Aso rock for the simple reasons stated below

1)They are not campaigning
We have just 5 weeks to the elections and I can't see any sign of Buhari campaigning anywhere in Nigeria . He hasn't visited any states in the south or middle belt. No rallies whatsoever. Does he think everybody reads newspapers or have internet connection?? Ruralites which constitute the real voters in Nigeria have never heard about CPC. How are they going to give him votes. How is the farmer in Isale Egan, Arochukwu or Gbaramatu going to vote a Buhari he has has never heard about? Jonathan on the other hand is travelling everywhere despite the fact that he has the required visibility already.

2)The CPC has very limited structures
CPC has no structures in many states across the country. In fact, they didn't even field Governorship candidates in many states. Elections are won by politicians and not on the pages of newspapers. People actually think PDP wins because they rig. Thats far from the truth. PDP winS elections because they built structures across the country. Every Okada Association, Taxi drivers Asscoc, Market women group, and every other group that controls large swaths of REAL voters are all on the payroll of the PDP. The CPC structures start and finish in the North West and some states in the North East. Structures in the South West are shared between PDP and ACN. Without these structures, there is no way CPC is winning even 10% of the votes in the South West.

3)Jonathan's Popularity
[/b]It is not very often you see a popular incumbent. Jonathan is very popular, not because of his performance but because of the nature of his ascension. Nigeria is a very religious country and many people have come to believe that Jonathan has been propped up by God to bring change to the country. There is the impression amongst so many I've spoken with, that God will use Jonathan to change Nigeria.
Buhari knows this so well, so he calculatedly brings in a Pastor as running mate to tilt the balance. Was it a good strategy,I think very much so! Will it improve his fortunes, sadly I don't think so as Bakare is known to have discredited all the crowd pulling ministers including Adeboye whose he seems to be courting desperately these days.

[b]4)Cash, Money and Finance
Seriously, in any election, Cask is King. Whether that Election is in America or Zimbabwe, Nigeria or New Zealand!! Obama raised $600million dollars to execute his election. Without that war-chest, he would have lost to McCain. Fact is, He bought that election legitimately!!
Nigeria is not an exception! Money rules! Donald Duke estimated that it would cost close to 20 Billion naira to execute a honest presidential election. And that's just for campaigning minus settlements. My opinion, 50 Billion wouldn' t even do. If Buhari can raise that money in 5 weeks, then trust me he stole it!!

The PDP can buy up all those almajiris in the North West with N1000 each and they would line up enmasse for Jonathan. 19 Million almajiris will cost the PDP only 19 Billion Naira= Now that's chicken change for a party that has controlled a the economy of a country with some of the world's finest oil wells.
On a serious note, where is Buhari going to get the money required to campaign across the nation in just 5 weeks.The man needs to advertise, billboards, posters, etc they all cost money !!

[b]5)Jonathan is relaxed
[/b]Jonathan is so relaxed. When a man is so relaxed, you can tell that he has very little to worry about. The Buhari ticket would have worried the Jonathan camp if they had teamed up with ACN. But as it is always with the opposition their selfish interests carried the day.
Before the PDP presidential Primaries, Jonathan was very uneasy until Babangida was out of the race. When Atiku was left in the race, Jonathan became relaxed because victory was now certain. Atiku was an easy case. Exactly the same is playing out with Buhari. Jonathan's relaxed mien suggests that Buhari's CPC is nothing but a paper tiger!!

[b]6)25% in 24 states
[/b]Buhari cannot win up to 25% in any of the South South or South East states. That takes 11 states out of the running, leaving him with 25 states to score at least 25% of the votes. Is that a possiblity? I doubt especially given the fact that in the south west, the votes will be split in three between Jonathan, Ribadu and Buhari. Also states like Plateau and Benue would hardly give Buhari 25%. It will be so hard for Buhari to score that 25% in 24 states. That automatically nullifies any numerical victory he wishes he might obtain.

[b]7)Time and Chance
[/b]One of the most fundamental principles in life is the Time and Chance principle. Somehow it just appears like this is Goodluck Jonathan's time. Despites many miscalculations on his part, his popularity just doesn't seem to want to go downhill. Whether we like him or not, it looks like he is here to stay at least till 2015.
Same way Obama came and upset the dreams of so many like McCain and Hilary Clinton, so also Jonathan has truncated the life long ambitions of the likes of Babangida, Atiku, Gusau and come April it looks like Buhari will be added to the list of those who have fallen under Jonathan's dream killing sword!!

Everything stated here is in good order. Thumbs up.