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juman:
Sorry to the baba taxi driver.

Nah their obasanjo that led the country to this mess of a country.

APC is a curse.

What has APC and Obasanjo got to do with this? Stop reasoning with your ass

fatdick:
That Prof is a lunatic. I remember when he used to storm Henry Carr PG hall those days during my MSc. He is a sadist and was challenged severally by few PG students then.

So he is now a prof. Good for him.He taught me during my undergraduate days. He can never change. Thats just who he is.

GodsLastBorn:
bro now u av got to man up! Where r ur homies? U need some guys time. Go out have a few beer n barbeque, fish or anything u enjoy a lot. U work? Maximum concentration on work or getting a better one or devising a way to make more money on d side. Use that time for nursing hrtbreak on having a goodtime n hustle or brainstorming ideas. Its ususally hard at first but after two days or thre when ur focus sets in u will b happy i bet u. D mode u need now is workhard playhard mode. Maybe a little side pusi will help u, it heps a lot. Side chick? These are moments that side chicks are so essential.

I had mine and it took me a while to get over it after much efforts to revive mine. I activated some levels and got my groove back. Got another job, became more involved in social activities. And now its all past tense, @op forget about her. she doesnt worth your thoughts. it wont be easy, but you will surely forget her soon. hang out more, hook up with friends and just do things that will engage your time completely. in no time, she is out. talking from experience

Ajewealth123:
yea you know when that big pack finishes,emergency go make you buy the 8 pieces 500 thing

and the kids dont know. nature's call must be obeyed at all cost. kpele

Ajewealth123:
my sister,seems it's been a while u bought it,it is now 500 o

You buy it often for your kids ba?

Xda59:
I beg make we hear word! Trying to rescue another girl by snorting cocaine? This is a pure case of prostitution gone wrong from common sense. Her mother was kept in the dark so she thinks her daughter was the same innocent girl she knew not knowing she turned herself into a commercial sex worker/drug user.

You are entitled to your own opinion. I stand by mine. She was not a prostitute. She didn't sell herself for money. And the mother knew about it. We should stop castigating the dead as well as the mother.

carammel:
All the way from cross river,what did she travel to Abuja to do or how did she meet with the Alhaji?
It is only a case of a runs girl who would do anything to please her client,she took overdose of cocaine and she died so what is the Alhaji's offence?

Everyone has been calling her Olosho. I can categorically say she is not. She lived in Abuja with her mother. Though her mother struggled to send her to school. The Alhaji deceived her and her mother and other poor families to help send and pay for their school. The Alhaji appeared like a philanthropist championing indigent girls, promisng to sponsor their educations. The story is quite long. The mother knows about everything and even permitted her to go meet him when he sent for her and another girl. She was not selling herself to any Alhaji. She was tricked while trying to rescue another girl in Alhaji's house. Let's watch what we say people. Cheers

myplaydiary:
Nice gesture, however I am more interested in what the Nigerian police force and Zenith bank did for the family of the gallant police officer.

According to the wife, they only helped to bury him. Zenith paid the burial expenses while Police did the burial in police style and that's all. No other compensation

La Liga giants, Barcelona are demanding from Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin to take a leaf from Cesc Fabregas playbook and force his way out according to reports that emerge in Spain.

It is reported that the Catalans are ready to offer €45.5m (£40m) for the 22-year-old.

The defender has appeared to be the main defensive priority as makeshift Sergi Roberto is not the perfect defender Ernesto Valverde wants.

Bellerin has a blistering season with Arsenal with a solid combination of defensive and offensive display.

He is regarded as one of the fastest players in the English Premiership.

Barcelona Ernesto Valverde has also singled out the defender as one of his priorities this summer.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/copy-fabregas-and-force-your-way-out-of-arsenal-barcelona-tell-bellerin/

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has revealed he is yet to decide on his starting team against South Africa in Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Uyo.

The coach, while expressing joy at the many young and fit players available for selection, said that the young players have brought a lot of fresh spirit in the team, while applauding their integration.

Rohr said on Thursday: “It will be very difficult to make a starting XI because we have many good young players now.

“The young players have brought a fresh spirit to the team and we must go forward and progress. Their integration is going very well.

“We have a new defensive midfielder, Mikel Agu, who is doing very well as well as the strikers from Belgium (Henry Onyekuru) and Austria (Olanrewaju Kayode). They have been working hard,” he said.
Nigeria have 10 players who are yet to make their official debut.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/im-confused-on-my-first-eleven-rohr-opens-up/

An unnamed Chinese Super League club has reportedly offered Real Madrid £176million for superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

They are ready to offer Ronaldo £105m-a-year – making him the highest paid athlete ever – according to Marca.

A successful £175.7 million bid for Ronaldo would make him the most expensive player in history for the second time, with his £80 million move from Manchester United to Real back in 2009 having been record-breaking at the time.

The most ever paid for a player is the £89 million United spent on Paul Pogba last summer, but it seems a Chinese club is preparing to almost double that figure in an attempt to snap up the 32-year-old Ronaldo.

That would mean a weekly salary of £2m for the 32-year-old, dwarfing the current reported record figure of £798,000-a-week that is being paid by Hebei China Fortune for Argentina forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Ronaldo recently laughed off any potential move away from Real Madrid when quizzed by a reporter for Deportes Cuatro but did then state that “nothing is impossible.”

The Ballon d’Or winner has also been linked with a return to Manchester United and a switch to PSG but Real would almost certainly turn down any offers from European rivals, according to the report in The Sun.

However, despite the astronomical figures on offer, a move to China still seems unlikely.

He only signed his latest contract with Real, which lasts until 2021, last November, and he remains arguably the best player in the world and Los Blancos’ talisman.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/chinese-club-offers-cristiano-ronaldo-2m-weekly-salary/

randomperson:
Has anyone ever wondered that with the number of pastors that we have in Nigeria, who claim to perform miracles, no popular disabled person has been healed. Cobhams, Ayefele etc. It's only unknown people whose testimonies cannot be verified

.. This is a comment on testimonies generally

Cobhams just like other blind guys in second school all never wanted to regain their sights they were confy being blind

Destinygrl:
i cried today
lost my mum 23 days ago
i had alot of plans and so many things in store for her
now things just seems to be pointless

May her soul rest in peace. take heart

Arsenalholic1:
Lol. You.must be joking! Their dicko must be begging for mercy

Hehehehehe. I am not joking. I saw it happen back then in school.

Arsenalholic1:
Bros, even without infections down there, can you wear a boxers for 6 days?

Let me make it very clear: Like from Monday - Saturday...

I know of guys who wear boxers up to a month. Can you imagine a guy collecting a used boxers from his friend to wear? Lolzzzzz

Kennitrust:
off topic:

please, how much does it cost to have a driver license. please an experience person should help me here

15k unofficially if you want it express. 10k and wait till whenever its ready. pick one and your choice

tribalistseun:
Herald.ng is known for copy and paste junks.

I disagree with you. I enjoy the site, they provide factual news as it happens.

Incredible and shocking footage have emerged showing a carpet python swallowing a tennis ball and had to have it massaged out of it by a vet nurse.

The snake was found in Townsville on Monday, and vet nurse Trish Predergast said they had to X-ray the reptile to confirm the object in its stomach was indeed a tennis ball and not an unusually round tumour.

The video had been uploaded to Facebook where it went viral. The caption to the video wrote: “This snake decided to lunch on the wrong thing!”

A homeowner from Belgian Gardens noticed a 1.5 meter carpet python with a huge lump in her backyard.

The woman called a professional snake handler to take care of the python. The snake handler took the creature to the veterinary where doctors had the snake x rayed to see what the cause of the lump was.

The snake probably confused the bright tennis ball fora a frog. X rays revealed that the giant lump in the snake was caused by a tennis ball so doctors began massaging the reptile to carefully have it regurgitate the object.

“It probably smelt like food, maybe frogs,” said the homeowner.

The snake handler stated that it wasn’t uncommon to see snakes that have swallowed large objects. He said: “Maybe everyone six months we'll find ones with something strange in their stomachs, like golf balls and porcelain eggs.”

The video of the doctors extracting the tennis ball has gone viral on social media, garnering more than a 100 000 views on Facebook alone.

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http://www.thesportsbay.com/snake-swallows-tennis-ball-massaged-out-by-vet-nurse-for-20-minutes-video/

The World’s best player and Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been named the world’s highest-paid sportsman of 2016 for the first time ever by Forbes.

The 32-year-old also becomes only the second person from a team sport to make it to the top of the list.

Ronaldo reportedly earned $88million last year, ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi ($81million) and NBA star LeBron James ($77million).

Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes, explains that the Portugal captain has overtaken boxer Floyd Mayweather and golfer Tiger Woods.

“With Mayweather hanging up his gloves and Woods hampered by injuries, there is an opening at the top. Filling the gap is the biggest star in the biggest sport on the planet,” Badenhausen wrote.

“This year, soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s highest-paid athlete, with earnings of $88m over the past 12 months from salary, bonuses and endorsements. Ronaldo is only the second team athlete after Michael Jordan to rank as the top-paid since Forbes began tracking athlete earnings in 1990.”

Other footballers who made the top 50 include: Barcelona star Neymar in 21st place ($37.5m), Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic at 23 ($37.4m), Madrid’s Gareth Bale at 25 ($35.9m) and Wayne Rooney of United at 49 ($26.1m).

http://www.thesportsbay.com/ronaldo-named-highest-paid-sportsman-2016-ahead-messi-lebron-james/

The most visited football club websites in the world have been revealed and it makes interesting reading.

UEFA have published the statistics as part of a club licencing benchmarking report, measuring monthly visitors from January to June 2016.

There is one South American inclusion and a side from Russia, Egypt and Ukraine, as well as clubs from the Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

Leicester City’s Premier League triumph has seen them make the top 20, above Tottenham and Manchester City.

However, according to data from comScore, the company officially responsible for measuring Internet audiences, Realmadrid.com ended 2016 as the world’s most visited football club website.

In December 2016, comScore recorded a global audience of 1.35 million unique users of the Real Madrid website.

Manchester United finished in second place, with 236,000 fewer users. Meanwhile, third in the rankings were Arsenal, with 345,000 less unique users.

According to comScore, Real Madrid’s dominance is even greater within Spain, where not only is the Real Madrid website the outright leader, but it quadruples the visits recorded by the second-placed club, F.C. Barcelona.

Since April of last year, Real Madrid’s clear leadership has remained unfaltering and the gap between the two websites in terms of the numbers of unique users currently lies at 852,000, with Real Madrid enjoying the upper hand.

These excellent audience figures serve to highlight the efforts that Real Madrid have been making to drive the club’s digital transformation.

check them out via this link http://www.thesportsbay.com/the-worlds-most-visited-football-club-website-revealed/

Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been left out from Manchester City Champions League squad to making way for new signing Gabriel Jesus.

Jesus signed in the summer of 2016, only joined in January and made his debut for Manchester in the 2-2 Premier League home draw against Tottenham on Saturday, January 21.

His signing is seen as a threat to Iheanacho at City and has now replaced him in the squad for the knockout stage of the 2016/17 Champions League.

Iheanacho, however remains eligible for selection as meets the requirements to be on UEFA’s ‘List B’.

Being on UEFA ‘List B’ makes you eligible to play and the requirements to be on the list include being born on, or after, January 1, 1995, and has been eligible to play for the club for any uninterrupted period of two years since his 15th birthday.

Although Iheanacho is eligible for selection courtesy of the UEFA ‘List B’ his latest exclusion from the squad heightens the fears that the arrival of Jesus could spell the end of the Nigeria international at City.

Iheanacho has not been named in three straight games since City’s 2-2 draw against Spurs when Jesus made his debut.

There were reports that he could leave the club in the January transfer window, although Pep Guardiola ruled out a move for the 20-year-old striker, insisting he belongs to the future of the club.

“But of course Kelechi is part of the squad,” Guardiola told a news conference ahead of their FA Cup trip to Crystal Palace.

“Jesus and Nolito are not-so young strikers, Gabriel, Rash [Raheem Sterling] and Kelechi, they are so, so young strikers and they will be the future. They have to adapt.”

Another notable change to the squad is the inclusion of experienced midfielder Yaya Toure who was controversially missing from the squad in the group stages.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/jesus-replaces-iheanacho-manchester-citys-champions-league-squad/

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has agreed terms with Manchester United ahead of a summer switch to Old Trafford, ​according to reports from France on Wednesday night.

It’s claimed that United have reached an agreement with the player over his contractual terms, at least in principle, though no fee is agreed as yet with Diego Simeone’s side.

Atletico are not keen to offload the player, but will be powerless to stop Griezmann departing should United pay the full €100m release clause in his contract. If that’s what it takes, that’s exactly what United are prepared to do, according to the report.

The 25-year-old will pocket the same €17.7m-a-year earnings as current United star and close personal friend Paul Pogba when and if the deal is confirmed. The former Juventus man is currently the world’s most expensive player, though United will not need to break the record figure for a second consecutive summer because of the clause.

Atletico are due to move into a new 67,000-capacity stadium next season, and it’s believed that the club will have to consider the sale of at least one leading player to help deal with the costs of switching to the Wanda Metropolitano. Griezmann featured for Atletico on their home ground on Wednesday night, scoring in a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona.

Griezmann is set to be handed the number 7 shirt vacated by Memphis Depay – who joined Lyon in January – and the player is believed to be one of Jose Mourinho’s top targets as he looks to boost his firepower.

United could only draw 0-0 at home to Hull City on Wednesday, magnifying the need for a new top class forward to be brought in.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/man-utd-prepare-e100m-summer-move-for-atletico-madrid-star/

Afriifa:
I don't like Tinubu as a Person, but I must confess his political BRAIN is immeasurable

You can say that again. He is just too intelligent. Buhari needs him to effectively run this government. We will be better off with Tinubu playing key roles in our governance. He should be part of the 'cabal'

As a rule, foreign leaders aare NEVER invited to US Presidents swearing in. Its a rule. So GEJ maybe invited since he is ex president. No president, prime minister king or queen are invited.

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon 2017 (also referred to as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017) is the biennial international men’s football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The Africa’s flagship football tournament, the 31st edition starts today and will end on the 5th of February, 2017.

In the years past, players had always expressed their displeasure at the timing of the tourney which according to them does not favour them especially with their club sides. Expectedly, players who are fighting for regular playing time will surely not welcome playing in AFCON but then they are obliged to play for their countries. We have seen instances where players feign injuries to avoid playing the three week tourney.



Even the clubs with exceptional African players complained about the timing. Chelsea under Mourinho never liked the timing as Didier Drogba, Mikel Obi, Salomon Kalou, Micheal Essien and others would leave the club during the business end of the season. And in some cases, the players could come back injured, fatigued, lose form and lose shirts as the case may be.

Most managers are always skeptical to sign African players knowing fully well the consequences. Former Wigan Manager Roberto Martinez had said the Africa Cup of Nations is a big dissentive to Premier League clubs in signing African players. He even asked FIFA and CAF to make the tournament every four years like the European Championships.

The 2015 edition best player, 25 year old Ghana midfielder Christian Atsu is not happy with the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations to end of the European calendar in order to benefit players, especially those plying their trade in Europe and has urged CAF to review it.
According to him, several African players lose their position at their club sides upon their return from Afcon which is true.

“I think this goes to Caf because they need to realise that when players are doing well [at their club side] and go to Afcon in January, when they come back, there is someone playing in their position and if that person is performing, it is difficult to win it back,” Atsu told TV3.

“Caf need to do something about the tournament in January. It needs to be moved to end of the season. For me when the season ends, a lot more people can watch the Afcon because there is no football. There will be more scouts, more fans and that would mean bigger exposure for African football,” he added.

This year, some managers such as Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte are lucky. Manchester City for example have no player going as Yaya Toure has officially retired from international duty, while Kelechi Iheanacho’s Nigeria failed to reach the tournament.

However, this year’s edition has seen seven Cameroonian players refusing to play for their country. They are – Joel Matip (Liverpool), André Onana (Ajax d’Amsterdam), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (Nancy), Allan Nyom (West Bromwich), André Zambo Anguissa (Olympique Marseille), Ibrahim Amadou (Lille), Maxime Poundje (Bordeaux) – who were named in Cameroon’s provisional squad for the tournament, but have refused to play in it, mainly for the reason of club commitments.

There is an arguement from CAF to preserve the tradition. Agreed, gone are the old days when the tournament was dominated with African based players (there were no much Europe based players then). Since the European doors were open to talented and lucky Africans, the AFCON timing became an issue.

The CAF have always defended their actions and in this case, they cited the rainy season which occurs in most parts of the African continent.

Currently, the Afcon is one of only two men’s senior international football tournaments held every two years, but the only one not in the summer, at the end of the European club football season. The other continental championships – European Championship, COPA America and Asian Cup – are held every four years and also in the summer, just like the FIFA competitions – World Cup, Confederations Cup and Olympic Football Tournament.

The only other men’s senior continental championship held every two years is the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but very importantly it is played, unlike the Afcon, in the summer (June/July) and so doesn’t clash with any European club commitments.

Read more http://www.thesportsbay.com/afcon-2017-timing-affects-europe-based-players/

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has officially become the world’s highest-paid football player after signing a whopping $41million-a-year contract at Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

Tevez penned a two-year deal with the Chinese Super League team, which paid an $11 million fee to his former club Boca Juniors for the transfer.

“Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC reached a transfer agreement with Argentina Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Carlos Alberto Tévez has officially joined Shanghai Shenhua,” a statement on the Shanghai Shenhua website read.



The news was confirmed by Boca Juniors on their official website wishing ‘El Apache’ luck in the Far East. Carlos Tevez “After twists and turns…the second stage of Tevez at Boca culminates with two titles (Torneo and Copa Argentina 2015), where he scored 25 goals in 56 games played. Beyond his departure, the club and the fans will wait for his return so that he retires in the club he loves. Good luck, Carlitos!”

The breakdown of Tevez’s enormous new earning power makes for eye-watering reading; his contract nets him a gross $808,000 a week, $115,000 a day, $4,800 an hour or $80 a minute.

The player joins the recent wave of top rate players who have headed to China from Europe. On Friday, Brazil international Oscar moved from Chelsea to Shenhua’s city rivals Shanghai SIPG for a reported £60 million ($73 million).

Tevez joins former English Premier League strikers Obafemi Martins and Demba Ba on the roster of big-spending Shenhua, which also boast former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and ex-Sunderland coach Gus Poyet as their manager.

The player known as ‘Carlitos’ is no stranger to speculative transfers; he began his career at iconic Argentine club Boca Juniors before venturing to Brazil and playing for Corinthians in a move reported to be worth $22 million.

Then, in a surprising transfer to West Ham together with countryman Javier Mascherano, he moved to England to play for London club West Ham.

There he saved the club from relegation by scoring away at Manchester United on the last day of the season. Nevertheless, after playing a season for them in which he was voted the club’s player of the year, he eventually moved on loan to United, where he won two Premier League titles and the 2008 UEFA Champions League, his highest honour to date.

A year later and Tevez moved again to play for United’s cross-town rivals Manchester City, which paid £47 million ($57.6 million) for his services.

He then played for Juventus following a dispute with City before moving back to Boca Juniors in 2015.

Overall, his transfers have generated a total $102 million since 2005.

An unnamed Chinese club has offered Real Madrid about £257m for Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the Portuguese player's agent Jorge Mendes.

He said the 31-year-old forward had no interest in the deal, which included an £85m annual salary.

Mendes told Sky Italia: "From China, they've offered 300m euros (£257m) to Real Madrid and more than 100m per year to the player.

"But money is not everything. The Spanish club [Real] is his life."

<a href="http://www.thesportsbay.com/official-carlos-tevez-highest-paid-footballer-world/">The revelation comes after Carlos Tevez was reportedly made the world's highest-paid footballer by Shanghai Shenua.</a>

Shanghai, coached by ex-Brighton boss Gus Poyet, are reported to have agreed a deal worth £40m for Tevez, including a salary in excess of £310,000 a week.

Under the offer claimed by Mendes, Ronaldo would have earned £1.6m a week in a deal worth almost treble the world record transfer fee of £89m paid by Manchester United to Juventus for midfielder Paul Pogba.

"The Chinese market is a new market. They can buy a lot of players, but then again it is impossible to go for Ronaldo. Cristiano is the best player in the world and best ever. It is normal to have some offers," said Mendes.

The Portugal captain said he could play for another 10 years after signing a new deal, which ties him to Madrid until June 2021, last month.

http://www.thesportsbay.com/unnamed-chinese-club-offers-real-madrid-257m-cristiano-ronaldo/

mysticgal:
If you say so..... You do sports journalism, that's great.
How are you doing this splendid morning?

Yes i do sports journalism. Its my passion. I am saying so cos its true nah. sure u had a good day,

mysticgal:
Good morning to you. There is nothing mysterious about me, just the average girl.

Average girl with some mystical elements right?

mysticgal:
He's igbo, I am igbo.

I love your name Mystical. Seems u will be mysterious. Can i meet you?

shaggy007:
Why you dey pretend like say you no know Nigerian bloggers?

Its a recent story that happened during the week on tuesday