Stokholm in Sweden was the Venue and the Friends Arena is the stand where Manchester United and Ajax battled it out for the second tier of UEFA's Club Competition. Before the game, the team had a 1 minute silence for the victims of the Manchester Arena bomb blast who died during the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester City 2 days ago.

At the sound of the whistle by referee Damir Skomina, Man United looked the livelier of the two teams forcing the Ajax team into their own half with barrage of chances. The pressure from United paid off in the 18th minute after Paul Pogba scored from 18yards with a deflected shot off Davinson Sanchez to beat Onana in goal.

It wasn't game over for Ajax who in turn pressed Man United into their own half looking for spaces to get an equalizer but the United side were very resilient in defense to stop what the Ajax team brought to them.Jose Mourinho's side were so stiff in defense parking the bus to protect their lead. All thanks to Mouraune Fellaini, he was a thorn in the flesh of the young Ajax team.

The second half of the game kicked off and the both teams looked .........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/ajax-0-2-man-utd-jose-mourinhos-team.html

Chelsea captain John Terry is the focal point of controversy after the club legend was substituted during their last home game against Sunderland at the Stamford Bridge in the 26th minute. The captain was substituted for fellow future Chelsea Captain, Gary Cahill with the game put on hold when his teammates bade farewell in a guard of honour.

This singular act has caused serious suspicion and the English FA has raised an alert of possible match-fixing after bet company Paddy Power allegedly claimed they received ,......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/john-terrys-26th-minute-substitution.html

The 2016/2017 Football League season has officially come to an end across the Top Leagues around Europe. Though, the closure wasn't synchronizing due to the start date and kick-off of most of the leagues while others gave us the excitement until the last match day.

In Spain, the La Liga was wrapped up on matchday 38 after Real Madrid clinched their 33rd La Liga title at Malaga after a 2-0 win to see off fierce rivals Barcelona. The Premier League was won 2match days before the final day after Champions Chelsea clinched their second title in three years in a home win over WestBrom on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga ahead of League new-comers RB Leipzig with two games to spare and the French Ligue 1 was won by Leornado Jardim's Monaco team who fought until the end to clinch their eighth title in 17 years.

The following players have retired after the season came to a close:..........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/list-of-retired-players-in-europe.html

Quite a huge miss.

Dreams do come true. SURE. And we’ve got the Rihanna / Lupita Nyong’o buddy movie of your dreams to prove it. Netflix has just started a movie project starring Rihanna and Nyong’o, to be directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma). Issa Rae (Insecure) is in talks to write the screenplay.

As the concept went viral on Twitter, Nyong'o and then Rihanna tweeted that they were in. When fans started calling for DuVernay and Rae to get on board, both of them pledged their support as well.

Production is expected to start sometime in......https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/lupita-and-rihanna-to-star-in-netflix.html

A phishing scam that surfaced earlier this week used Google Docs in an attack against at least 1 million Gmail users. However, that amounted to fewer than 0.1 percent of Gmail users were affected, according to the company.

Google last year put the number of active monthly Gmail users at more than 1 billion.

Google shut down the phishing scam within an hour, it said, through both automatic and manual actions. It removed the fake pages and applications, and it pushed updates through Safe Browsing, Gmail and other anti-abuse systems.

Users did not need to take any action on their own in response to the attack, Google said, but those who wanted to review third-party apps connected to their account could do so at its Security Checkup site.

The attack started as a result of..https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/google-neutralizes-docs-phishing-scam.html

Meet the most decorated Club Footballer of all time and its not Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo or Barcelona's Lionel Messi neither is it Chelsea's John Terry.

His name is Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade, popularly called Maxwell, the Brazilian, has plied his trade in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, France and Brazil. IN that time, he has won: 36 titles;
1 in Brazil
6 in Netherland
5 in Italy
10 in Spain and
14 in France
making him the "Most Decorated Club Football Player, nobody comes close to his club successes.

He plays as a Left Back but has also played as a Left Wing Back, CDM and a CM. He made 10 appearances for the Brazil National team with no goals to his name. His agent, Mino Riola is responsible for........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/the-most-decorated-club-footballer.html

Once considered by some people as a one season wonder, others termed him an 'over-hyped' English player who was brought to limelight by the English media but the Tottenham Striker has shown to his critics that he is indeed more than they envisaged.

Harry Kane before the game against Champions Leicester City trailed Everton striker Romelu Lukaku by two goals on the goal scoring chart. Lukaku had already fired his way to the top of the goal scoring standings three match weeks ago and it looked like he was going to win the EPL golden boot but unfortunately, he hasn't scored in recent weeks.

It looked like it was over and done with for the.................https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/leicester-1-6-tottenham-harry-kane.html

The Nigerian Football Federation has just confirmed that the Super Eagles will play two friendlies against the Corsica and Togo national Teams in preparation for the Nations Cup Qualifiers coming up next month against South Africa.

However, the Super Eagles gffer, Gernot Rohr has released his squad list with the Nigerian players plying their trade in China left out of the Squad. Only three home-based players made the cut with MFM FC's NPFL Hotshots, Stephen Odey and Sikiru Olatubosun making the list, others include goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Akwa-United's Ibrahim AL-hassan.

Arsenals Alex Iwobi and Chelseas Ola AIna will join the squad later after their FA Cup finals game in England.

ICYMI: here is the squad list: https:///MWRl4o9t3R

The DFB, German Football Association has announced their squad list for the forth-coming FIFA Confederation Cup that will take place in Russia from June 17th-July 2nd.

Notable names made the list with Barcelona goalkeeper, Marc Andre Ter-Stegen shortlisted for the injured Manuel Neuer, Arsenal defender, Shkodran Mustafi, Roma defender Antonio Rudiger, Liverpool midfielder Emre Can and Manchester City's forward Leroy Sane made the cut.

However, notable absentees didn't make the list.
see full squad list: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/fifa-confederations-cup-germany-squad.html

Could Romelu Lukaku be on his way out of Everton? The Striker was left out of their 2017/2018 jersey unveiling ceremony which took place yesterday at the Evertonian Studios and he was not also present to model the kit.

However, rumours around the dailies in the UK and within has suggested that Lukaku could be playing his last season in Everton and could be making a huge move towards his career away from the Goodison Park with Chelsea, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid all in the running for his signature.

Lukaku has inadvertently shown his urge and desire to play in the UEFA Champions League with his tweets raising controversy while the competition was in the early stages in February.

He has also.............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/transfer-news-lukaku-left-out-of.html

German company Lilium builds first all-electric jet capable of vertical takeoff and landing

Those concept technologies we see in sci-fi movies are gradually coming through to be realistically obtainable in today's world. We've seen flying cars, water buses, electric and self-driving cars and now a vertical takeoff and landing jet - no runways, no huge fans, just jet engine!


German tech company, Lilium has got in the works a futuristic jet which is the first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) jet. Already, the company has recently completed a series of test flights of the jet in Munich, Germany.

See video: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/german-company-lilium-launches-first.html

Houston's NRG Stadium to host first-ever Manchester Derby on American soil on July 20TH, the organizers of the ICC competition has announced.

ICYMI: The tournament will take place in China, Singapore and the main center of attraction, the USA. Check out the teams from around Europe to participate in the most anticipated International Friendly and the fixtures thereof:



https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/03/2017-intl-champions-cup-fixtures.html

This is an important message released by the Head of Administration to the prospective Batch A members of the National Youth Service Corps programme concerning the medical certificate and other requirement on Health issues.

The message reads:
All PCM members are to ensure to immunize themselves on meningitis before arriving their camp venues, this is to ensure their safety and reduce the effect of their exposure to the disease.

You are also..........http://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/nysc-batch-an-importaant-notice-to-all.html

Ekiti State based Afe Babalola Football Club have been barred from further participation in the 2016/2017 Bet9ja Nigeria National League for contravening the League rules.

According to the League Management, the club violated articles 14.7, 14.10 and 14.11 of the rules guiding the League by consecutively failing to honour three (3) matches. For article 14.11 rule, they failed to honour their games with :
1. Adamawa United
2. FC Taraba and
3. Jigawa Golden Stars

Therefore, the NNL has also ruled that............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/nnl-afe-babalola-fc-expelled-from-league.html

I thought they finished second on the Bundesliga table? Yes they did.
Is that not enough to take them to the UCL? It could, infact, they qualified automatically with Germany having three automatic and a play-off spot.

So what happened? Here is what happened.
Red Bull Salzburg have sealed their fourth consecutive Austrian Bundesliga title after a 1-0 win over Rapid Vienna on Saturday and the implication means UEFA will need to make a decision in June on whether sister Bundesliga club RB Leipzig can enter the Champions League Tournament.


This is because the two clubs are..... https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/rb-leipzig-could-face-participation.html

AS Roma host Juventus in what was one of the feistiest game of the season and a perfect pre-farewell to club Legend Francesco Totti. Roma came into the game trailing league leaders Juventus by a seven points disparity hoping to close the gap and spoil the early celebration party of Juventus on winning the league.

Roma on the other hand had planned a perfect farewell for their club Legend Francesco Totti who after spending twenty-five years with the club will call it quit at the end of the season whose last game of the season will be at home to Genoa.

Match Report
It was a full turn-up at the Stadio Olimpico with fans who came to watch their team spoil the party for league leaders Juventus. The game started with much live as anticipated with both teams squandering early chances through Danielle De Rossi and Higuain.

The excitement paid off in the 21st minute when..............https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/roma-3-1-juventus-roma-stalls-juventus.html

Sokoto United player Muttaba Musa will not be eligible for selection when his team play host to visiting Kaduna United on match day eight ( in the Northern Conference of Bet9ja Nigeria National League .

Muttaba head-butted the center referee on receiving the marching order, but for the quick intervention of Security personnel on ground the matter would have been worse............http://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/nnl-muttaba-musa-handed-two-game-ban.html

RIVERS STATE CROWNS MISS GOLDEN JUBILEE
As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rivers State which kicked off in late January, there was a beauty Pageant Contest among other events and activities which took place at the Marquee Hall in the Presidential Hotels Port Harcourt on Friday 12th May.

The winner goes home with One million Naira and a brand new SUV Car. Miss Charity Ogwutum from Obio/Akpor LGA won the contest and was crowned Miss Rivers Golden Jubilee.

The event was aired live on National Television by African Independent Television (AIT) from the kick-off of the show on Friday night till the early hours of Saturday morning. Amongst present invitees are dignitaries from around Rivers State and beyond. Rivers State born Nollywood actresses...... https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/riversat50-miss-charity-ogwutum-wins.html

We took a sneak peek on the 51-year old Bollywood Veteran. Known as 'Raul' in his romantic movie 'Kuch Kuch Kota Hai'.
Do you know that Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is regarded as the most popular actor in planet earth? as stated by Guardian, BBC and California Times. He was once rated by google as the most searched celebrity in the world.

The 51year old is the second richest actor in the world rated by Forbes with his net worth accumulated at $750 Million (5100cr). He has the most endorsement deal with a music company, Sony worth billions of Lakhs for his track 'The Ring' in the movie "Raees" for a whooping 20 cr. which hit the trend list for over a month on both twitter and google trends respectively on Twitter India and Worldwide.

Shah Ruhk Khan hit a milestone of...........https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/shah-ruhk-khan-bollywood-king.html

Chelsea has won the English Premier League title with their 23rd shot against a resilient West Brom side who were looking for a Europa League spot.

The game's only goal came from the boots of substitute Mitchy Batshuayi who was making his second League appearance. It got until the 83rd minute of the game after a cross came from the right hand side from Ceaser Azpilicueta which Batshuayi was on hand to poke home behind the touch of Foster.

Below are the Interesting facts on Chelsea's title win: ................https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/chelsea-crowned-epl-champions-for.html

Look away rival fans.

Sources from the Barcelona camp suggests that Athletic Bilbao manger, Ernesto Valverde has been chosen by the Barcelona board to replace Luis Enrique at the helm of affairs at the Nou Camp next season.

Its no longer news that the present Barcelona boss Luis Enrique resigned from his post after the first leg 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint Germain in the UEFA Champions league. And since then numerous names has been shortlisted: Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, Sevilla manager, Jorge Sampaoli, Antonio Pizzi, Thomas Tuchel, Ronald Koeman, Mauricio Pochettino and Ernesto Valverde.

At some point, the rumours from the Barcelona camp had it that Assistant Manager and set-pieces trainer, Unzue was in contention for the job.

However, Wikipedia has............. https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/ernesto-valverde-chosen-to-replace-luis.html

Barcelona fans what do you think?

It is no longer news that the cost of MTN recharge card has increased across the length and breathe of the country. Small scale retailers and wholesalers have added a service charge of N10, N20, N50 and N100 respectively to the normal amount at which the various classification of cards are been sold and when you ask them, they come up with the excuse of "that's how we bought it".

However, to save their reputation and integrity, MTN Nigeria has come out to refute the claims it increased the cost of sales of recharge cards to wholesalers across the country. The telecommunication company's through its acting Sales and Distribution Executive Adekunle Adebiyi has therefore released an official statement which reads:..............

https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/mtn-releases-official-statement-to-her.html

Last UCL night at the Calderon was not enough for Atleti to make it to the Finals in Cardiff.

It was a game tagged "The final ever UCL" fixture to be witnessed by the Atletico Madrid fans at the Vincente Calderon with hopes of pulling a comeback to salvage their poor season and book a place in the UEFA Champions League finals in three seasons.

Dreams did not come true for Atleti whose city rivals were the physical obstacle on their quest for a taste of European glory under Diego Simeone.

Atleti started the brighter of two sides at the sound of the whistle forcing Real Madrid into their own half with lots of pressure. The pressure paid off after Saul Niguez headed home the opener in the 12th minute from a Koke corner kick to give the Atleti fans some hope.

Interesting Stats:

This tie makes it the fourth time Real Madrid have ................. see more https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/atletico-madrid-2-1-real-madrid.html

A W.H.O standard.
Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability world wide. According to the latest estimates from WHO, more than three hundred million people are now living with depression, an increase of more than 18% between 2005 and 2015.

Lack of support for people with mental disorder, coupled with a fear of stigma, prevent many from accessing the treatment they need to live healthy, productive lives.

Talk to somebody.
Share the problems.
Relieve yourself of the burden.

See more: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/depression-who-standard-on-how-to.html

WhistleB:
If you know you want to get to front page, post a youtube link.

Noted but the video is in the link shared. Maybe next time, i will.

Never have we heard of an official getting sent off in any way possible during a football match but the incident that took place in the Scottish Premier League over the weekend got everyone talking.

WATCH VIDEO: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/referee-sent-off-linesman-for-vomitting.html

The Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up 25 players for the planned camping programme in France and the International Friendly match against the Corsica Senior National Team later this month.

Nigeria is unbeaten in a competitive game at senior level against South Africa since the Rainbow Nation returned to International football 25 years ago, the contest against familiar foes will take place at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday, 10th June.

THE FULL SQUAD LIST https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/super-eagles-squad-list-for-camp-in.html

The Ex_President's book was written by Reno Omokri.
Ex-President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan announced on his official Facebook page yesterday that he will launch the preview of his book titled " Facts Versus Fiction....the True story of the Jonathan years, Chibok, 2015 and the conspiracies" on 5th May 2017.

The preview is a long article, it takes patience to read till the end. Enjoy.

Read the preview here: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/ex-president-dr-goodluck-jonathan.html

Manchester United have broken the duck off their back following their terrible record against Spanish opponents in Spain. Before now, United have won just 2 of the 22 games played against Spanish teams in Spain in all competitions.

On the other hand Celta Vigo have had a wonderful Europa League campaign after seeing off Belgian side Genk on 4-3 aggregate. The Galacian team has lost their last three La Liga games resting first team players for the challenge at the Baladois against Manchester United in the Europa.

Eduardo Berizzo's tactics seemed perfect but was hard done-by by the 67th minute Marcos Rashford freekick from 30yards out which Sergio Alvarez had no answer for.

https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/celta-vigo-0-1-manutd-rashfords.html

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made some announcements that will be useful for candidates of the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME).

The announcement came hours after the results for the JAMB mock examination was released.

We gathered some of the important information released by the examination body JAMB.
It reads:

1. Candidates who made mistakes while filling their forms in the ongoing registration can now make corrections for the following categories

-Correction of Name

-Passport Photograph

-UTME subject combination

-Choices of institution/courses and date of birth

2. Candidates will have to pay the sum of ..............

https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/utme-2017-jamb-releases-important.html

El Clásico Miami announced today that global music icon Marc Anthony is the performer and main music attraction for the halftime at the 2017 International Champions Cup presented by Heineken match of El Clásico Miami between Real Madrid C.F. and FC Barcelona. The match, set for July 29 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., is presented by Relevant Sports, a division RSE Ventures.

The announcement was made at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Marc Anthony was introduced by Related Group Miami CEO & Co-Founder Jorge Perez, who also serves as an Ambassador of El Clásico Miami.

https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/intl-champions-cup-marc-anthony-to.html

Traditional Rulers Day in Port Harcourt Rivers Golden Jubilee Celebration.

The Government and people of Rivers State are celebrating their 50th anniversary marking the existence of Rivers State from the year 1967-2017. In course of this celebration different events and ceremonies have taken place ranging from the Bicycle Marathon, Inter-LGA Preliminary Wrestling Competition, Bikers parade to the ongoing Inter-LGA Football Tournament.

As part of the Jubilee celebration, the events also features a 'Traditional Rulers Day' which sees Traditional Rulers from the different geo-zones of Rivers State come today to meet , celebrate and discuss a way forward of the State. The occasion also features the unveiling of the New Traditional Rulers' building complex which flagged off by the Sultan of Sokoto.

click to view photos and gallery of event: https://koksnation..com.ng/2017/05/riversat50-ooni-of-ife-sultan-of-sokoto.html