Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile phone operating system, has launched a new company called Essential Products to sell a high-end smartphone and a home assistant device. Palo Alto-based Essential said the new Essential Phone features an edge-to-edge screen, a titanium-and-ceramic case and dual cameras. The phone sells for $699 and will run the Android operating system. The price pits it against high-end smartphones including Apple Inc’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S8.

Essential also launched a household assistant called Home that looks...........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/android-unveils-new-home-assistant.html

Fans of former Champions, Kano Pillars Football Club will have the opportunity to watch their darling team this weekend as the League Management Company, (LMC) has given the club the nod to open its gate once again.

A notification letter was sent to the club through the Chief Operating Officer, Salihu Abubakar, that........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/npfl-lmc-lifts-fans-stadium-ban-on-kano.html

This is more than temerity, boldness, liver (in the local palent) mind, stubbornness and strength but this man really proved to the Policeman that he is capable of any thing they bring to him, bar their training in camp before being installed as forcemen.

It was do or die as the guy fought tirelessly with the policeman and from the look of things, he won the bout.

This is the real #YepaChallenge [Video]............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-angry-man-fights-policemen-stark.html

Its no longer news that the 'Stream 2' subset of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme of Batch A is still at home and has not been called to camp yet. Months after the return of Stream 1, tempers were flaring, anger and fury became the order of the day, as the prospective members of the Stream 2 expressed their discomfort with the delay and silence concerning their fate.

Following this delay, rumours of different dates was been bandied about by different persons who wants to show their superiority in gaining information over the rest. Irrespective that these information later became false, people bought into it out of desperation.

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These and many more. It seems the news have gotten to those at the helm of affairs and they had to respond immediately. Finally, the NYSC broke........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/nysc-breaks-silence-on-batch-stream-2.html

Yay or Nay

Children have the fast ability to absorb and copy what they see around them. They have the sense to act, behave and exhibit the attitude of grown-ups. Following the recent trend in the music industry, several dance steps have been introduced to suit the genre of music in vogue.


I still can't get my head as at who intentionally videoed this or why will he/she allow these kids do such disgusting thing at a birthday party.

SEE: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-kids-displaying-disgusting.html

The quarter-finals pairings of the Total CAF Champions League 2017 and Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 have been concluded following the completion of the group stage matches at the weekend.

Below are the fixtures:

Total CAF Champions League 2017
Ahly Tripoli (Libya) vs Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)

Al Ahly (Egypt) vs Esperance (Tunisia)

Ferroviario da Beira (Mozambique) vs USM Alger (Algeria)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) vs Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

First leg: 8-10 September 2017
Second leg: 15-17 September 2017

CAF Confederations cup ...........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/caf-champions-league-and-confederations.html

MrBrownJay1:
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I like this picture, it tickles my fancy.

The menace and current situation that has befallen Lagos State is nothing new and is making the rounds in the news and media lately. Following the current change in climate, the rainy season is something most states with low and poor drainage system is concerned about.

the bizarre thing is; a creature with the resemblance of a crocodile found in the flood near Mega chicken Ikota an eye-witness tweeted this afternoon.

Watch : https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-mysterious-creature-found-in.html

Match day 29 of the Nigeria Professional Football League which involves Remo Stars and FC Ifeanyi Ubah has been postponed by the League Management Company following a recent disturbing occurrence to the players of the Remo Stars who were a victim of food poisoning.

However, irrespective of the happenings, the FC Ifeanyi Ubah team honoured their game but was barred from entering into their stadium. In lieu to that, there was nobody present in the Stadium to honour the game which was earlier announced to have been postponed.

It seems the LMC has decided to fix the game in the next..........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/npfl-remo-stars-vs-fc-ifeanyi-ubah-game.html

England International Wayne Rooney has left Manchester United after a 13 years spell (2004-2017) and joined his boyhood club Everton. The deal was made official some few hours ago by the both club after the England captain joined on a free transfer.


(2004 - 2017) Everton � Manchester United � Everton

He had an enviable record for an Englishman at Manchester United. �
Rooney holds the record for Manchester United's https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/wayne-rooney-leaves-manchester-united.html

Nigerian and Wolverhampton Wanderers goal keeper Carl Ikeme has been diagnosed with acute Leukemia, the club confirmed, two days ago. The 31 year old who just returned from injury lay-off that kept him out of the Super Eagles friendlies and AFCON qualifiers is going to forfeit playing professional football until he is fit from the ailment.

see wishes from several clubs and colleagues .....https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-best-of-wishes-to-carl-ikeme.html

Recently, the country has been experiencing a lot of hullabaloo and shenanigans in the political sector and ethnic regions, especially, the case of the Northerners Vs the Igbos. Things have gone from bad to worse, and it seem as if there is nobody to take the fall. Following the recent happenings in the country which surmounts to the talk of division, re-election and sounds of war, Nigerians have been vigilant, pragmatic and rebranded emotionally to hit back at those at the helm of affairs.

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To buttress this point was a massive attack on the Senator Ben Bruce, the senator of the Bayelsa State East Senatorial District on Facebook by angry Nigerians who felt his post was way out of place and does not depict his claims.

It began when he posted on his official Facebook wall with the picture..............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-angry-nigerians-vent-their-anger.html

We took a sneak peek on the top worst movies ever made, and you will have to agree to it.
After being forced to watch the Love Guru, it was appalling at the dreadful depths to which onscreen entertainment has fallen. The trashiness that saturates the programs offered for our viewing makes us feel physically ill – and secretly intrigued. We dug deep into the dark, hairy underbelly of Hollywood to uncover some of the other most tasteless, atrocious and unprofitable films ever made.

Here’s a countdown of our top 10:
Over Her Dead Body.......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/top-10-worst-movies-ever-made.html

Post carries photo to back it up.

Nigerians are happy people, they are one of the most populous countries in the world and the popular black African nation. Part of their happiness extends to their frequent use of social media and other social platforms.

Their sense of humour cannot go unnoticed when you come across one on any social media platform. An average Nigerian is registered on 3 out of 5 social media networks. They consume high range of popularity on the different networks using it for business and leisure purposes.

This is a further proof that Nigerians graduated from school of savagery and humour with first class. LOL https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/trends-hilarious-response-of-nigerians.html

It was a repeat of the 2009 UEFA Champions League finals in Rome when Manchester United took on Barcelona. However, this time, it is the case of club legends battling it out for pride and bragging rights.

The Nou Camp hosted the finest of players football has seen in the past decade. It was Manchester United Legends playing it out for charity against Barcelona Legends. The starting line-up was dominated by mouth watery names who proved a point during their playing days.

The starting line up includes.............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/07/barcelona-1-3-manchester-united-legends.html

A Corp member was blasted by stream 2 prospective corp members on Facebook for trying to defend NYSC.

Its no longer news that the Batch A Stream 1 of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has received their call-up letter, went to camp for the duration of three (3) weeks and returned. In that time, corps members have already spent 1 week at home trying to put theirselves together inorder to return to their respective PPA locations.

During this exercises, the Stream 2 Batch A prospective corps members have been expectant that after the Stream 1 corp members return from camping they will be the next to follow 2weeks after.

Below is an example of the aforementioned as a corp member who is currently serving had his head on a plate while trying to defend the NYSC in the cause of trying to calm...........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/corp-memeber-blasted-for-trying-to.html

It was Manchester City's Claudio Bravo that stole the headline as Chile beat Portugal 3-0 on penalties to book a place in the finals of the FIFA #ConfedCup.

Claudio Bravo topped up a clinical performance to put the icing on the cake to lead Chile to their third finals in 3years(2015, 2016, 2017). His heroics was capped with a tremendous performance in saving first 3/3 of Portugal's penalty which was taken by Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and Nani.

Bravo's performance earned him a BUD MOTM award after the game.

A fiesty first half and Portugal couldn't muster a shot on target to disturb the defense of Chile, instead it was the Chileans who had most of the chances go their way in the first half of extra time. From the boots of Arturo Vidal who fired a ferocious shot that hit the upright bouncing back to fall nicely for Vargas who first played a cheeky chip to.........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/chile-0-0-portugal-bravos-penalty-saves.html

Five decades since it heralded a transformation in the way people obtained and used cash, the world’s first ATM was turned into gold for celebrations of its fiftieth anniversary in Birmingham, UK.

The brainchild of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, the first ATM (automated teller machine) was opened on June 27, 1967 at a branch of Barclays bank in Enfield, north London, the first of six cash dispensers commissioned by the bank. English actor Reg Varney, who starred in the British TV comedy show “On The Buses,” was the first person to withdraw cash from the new machine.

Now there are an estimated three million https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/atm-machines-turns-to-gold-on-its-50th.html

Barely a month after winning the English Premier League, in his first stint with the club, it looks like Antonio Conte will be vacating his post as Manager of Chelsea after falling out with owner Roman Abramovic according to reports from Sky Italia two days ago.

Major issue surrounding this recent development suggests the Chelsea manager is angry over..........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/antonio-conte-set-to-leave-chelsea.html

The Super Eagles' terrible performance in the African Nations Cup qualifiers (Cameroon 2019) against South Africa which led to a 2-0 loss at the Next of champions in Uyo is something both the fans and those at the helm of affairs of the Nigerian Football Federation cannot seem to get their heads off.

This led to an urgent indoor meeting at the glass house in Abuja which convened the NFF's Technincal Committee and other members of the board. Following the outcome of the meeting held by NFF technical committee member's at the glasshouse on Tuesday in Abuja, Chairman of the NFF Technical & Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green has revealed that...https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/nff-urgent-meeting-gernot-rohr-in-team.html

State Congressman Busts Himself By Including "Teen" and "MILF" Porn in Government Presentation
A state lawmaker in Rhode Island has apologized after sharing a screenshot with the state’s House Finance Committee that included several browser tabs of porn, including the words “teen, "young,” and "MILF."

Read full story: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/state-congressman-includes-porn-in.html

The 2016/2017 season is over but football fans all over the world will have mouth-watering fixtures for their viewing pleasure during the holidays. Part of this fixtures include a showdown between Spanish rivals in an early El Classico.

Below is the line-up of fixtures:

ICC (Internationals Champions Cup)
Real Madrid Vs Manchester United - 24-07-2017

ICC
Real Madrid Vs Manchester City - 27-07-2017

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History has been made and record has been broken. Since the inception of the name "UEFA Champions League" in 1992, no team has ever won the competition back to back. The record has been standing for 25 years but Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid team has broken the record which crowns them the 'Most Successful Team' in the competition winning 12 titles on that time.

It was a case of the 'Best Defense' in the tournament facing the 'Best Attack'. Juventus before this time conceeded just three goals in the tournament, those three goals coming in the group stage(1) and semi-finals (2) against Monaco and Borussia Dortmund.

Real Madrid on the other hand has scored over 30 goals since the group stage and is the team that scored more goals from the quarter Final stages until the road to the finals.

Match Report
Juventus started the brighter of the two teams at the sound of Felix Brych's.....https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/juventus-1-4-real-madrid-real-madrid.html

Haven't yet submitted your movie script for the Senator Ben Bruce Hollywood/Nollywood project? DO so now as discussions on the project have began in earnest.

In the quest to create a movie for his 100th saying of the famous "Common Sense" slogan which will be reviewed in his Dream Magic Studios in Los Angeles, the Senator Ben Bruce invited American-comic actor Kevin Hart to start up discussions on the way forward concerning the Nollywood/Hollywood partnership.

However, the two met....https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/kevin-hart-storms-senben-bruce-studios.html

The 2016/2017 European League football season is over, champions have been crowned, awards given, most teams are still suffering from the celebration hang-over while others are trying to secure a spot in next league season with a cheeky play-off. In that time, several changes have occurred, managers have moved on, either shown the exit door by the club or resigned on mutual consent, some players have transited with the current change in their quest to seek for greener pasture and a career upgrade, different club boards have also made rash, injustice and foolish decisions that is either beneficial or inconsequential to fans expectation.

Koksnation took a sneek peak on Managers/coaches who left their post either by sack or resignation across Europe's league.

Italy: AS Roma
Juliano Spalletti: Spalletti was appointed manager of the Rome club for a second spell on 13th January after the sack of Rudi Garcia. The fuss began when........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/06/list-of-managers-who-left-their-post.html

This present day generation, things are becoming alot easier, better, faster and safer. The 21st century has so evolved that even the smallest child has the knowledge on how to operate a computer, phone and other computer related gadgets.

Before now, most things are done manually but following the sporadic evolvement and upgrade of the present day, we can categorically say, this is indeed the "Computer Age". Not because the computer system is accessible nor the introduction of its vast knowledge to individuals but the application areas and impact it has had on this generation. However, in most advanced countries, the application of these things have started.

Below are points to buttress this claim:

THE PROLIFERATION OF AI AND ITS GENERAL USE
Back in the days, it was just robotics that constitutes Artificial Intelligence. Its invention was to help reduce the work load on man and perform certain duties it was programmed to do, in human form. Now, there are different forms of AI ranging from ......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/21st-century-computer-and-development.html

The winner of the prestigious BBNaija reality show Efe Ejeba a.k.a Efe, with popular slogan 'Based on Logistics' has today been announced as the Youth Ambassador by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Barr. Solomon Dalung after a meeting in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Abuja

According to the Minister, he praised the youthful and influential prowess of Efe followed by the several discussions they had in several areas of collaboration to engage young talents across the country. The BBNaija winner who recently dropped his debut album took the streets by storm with his natural talent and down-to-earth attitude which gained him the popularity and votes that crowned him winner of the reality show.

Following the announcement, ................https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/bb-naija-winner-efe-announced-as-youth.html

Thomas Tuchel might have left his post as Dortmund manager but the incident surrounding the club fueled his departure.

Borussia Dortmund have parted ways with their manager Thomas Tuchel three days after winning the DFB Pokal against Eintracht Frankfurt. According to sources from the inner board room of the club, Tuchel's relationship with the board has been sour from the onset with the board of directors unhappy with the present state of the club and synchronizing fear of their terrible campaign.

However during that period, the board ......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/thomas-tuchel-leaves-borussia-dortmund.html

The 2016/2017 European season have come to an end across all the top leagues in Europe and the final season curtain closure is the 'Cup Competitions' to mark the end of the marathon. Dates of the finals vary across the major leagues but it synchronizes with the closure of the league campaign.

We are taking a sneak peek on the following leagues:

Germany (DFB Pokal)
Italy (Copa Italia)
France (Coupe De France)
England (FA Cup)
Holland
Scotland
Portugal
Spain (Copa Del Rey)

ENGLAND
The 'FA Cup' as it is called in England was played between League Champions Chelsea and Arsenal. On the road to the finals: Chelsea beat Tottenham (3-1) while Arsenal saw off Pep Guardiola's Manchester City (2-1) team in the semis. The final was played on 27th May at the Wembley Stadium, a game Arsenal went on to win, thanks to goals from Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey in the 5th and 80th minute while Diego Costa scored the only goal for the Chelsea side as they lost to eventual winners Arsenal.

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Barcelona beat Deportivo Club de Alaves at the Vincente Calderon to clinch their third consecutive and record winning 29th Copa Del Rey. Goals from Messi (29), Neymar (45) and Paco Alcacer (45+) secured the win for departing Luis Enrique's men who bides farewell to the club after three seasons.

Barcelona were without their injured talisman Luis Suarez who watched from the sidelines but settled it in the first half of the game to see off a resilient and in-form Alaves side who finished 9yh on the La Liga table.

Messi scored a beautiful left-footed curler after a quick one-two exchange of passes with Neymar in the 18-yard box of the Alaves team to beat Pacheco in goal. At the twinkle of an eye after Barcelona finished celebrating, Theo Hernandez scored from a stunning freekick which beat Cillessen in goal to level the scoreline.

Parity was restored and substitute .......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/alaves-1-3-barcelona-barca-give-enrique.html

Transfer rumours: Justin Kluivert to Manchester United?
The most interesting football movie titled "Player Poaching" starring Jose Mourinho and Justin Kluivert took place at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, the venue where the UEFA Europa League Finals between Ajax and Manchester United took place.

However, that is not the major talking point; the interesting part of the event was Jose Mourinho walking up to the contemplating son of Legend Patrick Kluivert to tease him. Their out of earshot conversation was caught on camera and thanks to the expertise of lip readers in the stadium, they were able to interpret the movement of their lips and decode the silent discussion. It will send bad signals to the Ajax team.......

see full details and video: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/jose-mourinho-teases-justin-kluivert-in.html

BlackBerry KEYone's Success Hinges on Physical Keyboard Longing

The first reviews of the new KEYone BlackBerry handset appeared this week, and the early consensus is that this device will appeal to BlackBerry fans who want its familiar physical QWERTY keyboard coupled with the functionality of Google's Android operating system.

BlackBerry still provides the back-end software, but the KEYone runs the Android OS under its BlackBerry skin.

The KEYone has the appearance of a classic BlackBerry. It features:
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