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pendo89: What 'kenyan villages'? Kenya is a country with 43+ tribes so you can figure out the villages and stop generalizing.
The Masai tribe people talk about are not long distance runners either. They are Good Herders with lots of cattle competing with the wild for pasture in THEIR REGION, not the whole Kenya.
-Please note that Wild hunting is ILLEGAL in Kenya, that is why they couldn't kill it.

Since I do not see any co-relation btwn this story and our marathoners, I can only say that catching wild is possible if you understand the animal's psychology and these guys do very well.

Ishilove: My thoughts exactly. I thought cheetah's run at 50km/h? The men must have used an automobile to chase the animals.

[size=14pt]Road Crash In Which Lagos Community Leader Was Killed Is Linked To Reckless Convoy Of Kwara State First Lady, Omolewa Ahmed[/size]

November 19, 2013 - 22:27 — siteadmin

The killing of a female community leader by a trailer in Abule-Egba in Lagos on November 13 has been linked to the convoy of the First Lady of Kwara State, Omolewa Ahmed.

The community leader, Victoria Adeoye, 63, was killed when a tipper-trailer ploughed into bystanders as it tried to avoid a head-on collision with Mrs. Ahmed’s convoy, which was driving on the wrong side of the road.

Unconcerned, Mrs. Ahmed and her convoy of about seven cars abandoned the accident victims and sped on towards Abeokuta.  The Kwara First Lady was on her way from visiting popular Fuji musician, Kollington Ayinla, who was receiving treatment at Hamkad Hospital for an undisclosed ailment.

Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred when the fourth vehicle in the convoy was exiting the small road leading to the hospital.  Mrs. Adeoye and a roadside ice cream seller were killed.

In order to cover up the cause of the accident, authorities at Hamkad Hospital gagged their workers from disclosing their VIP guest, and swiftly moved Alhaji Ayinla to another hospital.

Mrs. Adeola’s son, Olusegun Adeoye, an Abuja-based  medical doctor, told SaharaReporters that Hamkad has refused to disclose the killers of his mother.  

SaharaReporters however learnt from people in the area that although the plate numbers of the vehicles were covered, policemen in Mrs. Ahmed’s convoy had freely chatted with people in the area and disclosed they were from Kwara State.

SaharaReporters approached Dr. Femi Akorede, a spokesperson to the Kwara State governor, who admitted that the convoy at the hospital was that of the Kwara State First lady. However, he vehemently denied that the convoy caused the tragic accident, claiming instead that the brakes of the tipper-trailer failed and endangered the First Lady’s convoy.

 It is unclear how he obtained those details since he was not on Mrs. Ahmed’s detail.

Asked why the First Lady’s convoy did not at least stop to assist the victims of the accident they witnessed even on compassionate grounds, he said she was only made aware of it after she returned to Ilorin, the state capital.

Eyewitnesses however, contradicted Akorede’s account, insisting that the accident happened as the convoy harassed motorists on the highway, causing the trailer to careen off the highway and then slam into several people, including Mrs. Adeoye who was at the bus stop on her way to Oshodi.

The Lagos State police also tried to cover up the cause of the accident by trying to use force to move the vehicles, until a mob prevented them from doing so.

The accident occurred within 24 hours after another a similarly reckless convoy of the Kogi State Governor killed Professor Festus Iyayi, a former Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) President, on his way to an ASUU conference in Kano on November 12.

imperiouxx: Nope, he didn't come back to ACM. We need heard of him again after he left for Chelsea.

Seyixyz: HELLOO!Keshi jus did dat (even though he's not our 1st indigenous coach)..Ur record is outdated..9JA remains NATURALLY AHEAD

mad nigerian: Interesting story behind Cameroon not being a West African country.

In the 1970's, Cameroon was on the verge of joining ECOWAS.....but due to some disagreement about water rights with Nigeria....something to do about the River Cross.....the deal fell through...and Cameroon joined the Equatorial African subgrouping...hence Cmeroon being regarded as a Equatorial African country not a West African country.

Cameroon was also once part of the Equatorial African Federation.....a group of French colonies consisting of Chad, CAR, and Gabon, as well as Congo Brazzaville.

naptu2: Cameroon has been a member of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) since 1966.

dabossman: @Naptu: Why is there no thread for the Algeria vs Burkina Faso match?

If you want to see Bance at the World Cup, you know what to do. Mukina, oya do the needful.

[size=14pt]Egypt - Ghana Preview: Essien & Co. take emphatic lead to Cairo[/size]

A 6-1 thrashing in the first leg means Kwesi Appiah's men have all but qualified for the World Cup finals but Bob Bradley's side will be eager to restore some pride


By Dom Farrell

Only a minor miracle will prevent Ghana from booking their place at the 2014 World Cup when they meet Egypt on Tuesday.

Progress to the finals in Brazil appears to be a mere formality for Kwesi Appiah's men, who made light of a tie billed as the tightest of Africa's concluding qualifying phase with an emphatic 6-1 win on home soil last month over a side who had not dropped a point in the group stage.



Asamoah Gyan set the ball rolling with a fourth-minute strike in Kumasi and went on to net a double – once again confounding Egypt coach Bob Bradley, whose USA team he dumped out of the 2010 World Cup.

Bradley has kept faith with almost the same squad that were subjected to humiliation last time out, although Al Ahly's Abdallah El-Said has made way for Zamalek's Ahmed Eid and Sherif Abdel-Fadil gets the nod over Hull City's Ahmed Elmohamady.

Only a truly improbable turn of events will give Egypt any hope of turning the tie around, and the focus in the build-up to the match has been upon safety fears.

Ghana's FA this week declared themselves satisfied with the security arrangements made by their Egyptian counterparts, having previously asked for the match to be moved away from Cairo.

Their statement came after Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien underlined the issues himself and his team-mates have with playing in the Egyptian capital, in the wake of continued unrest in the country.

"I am not afraid or scared of the Egypt team," Essien said. "But I am frightened to play in Egypt because of the on-going fights over there.

"We have nothing to do about that because we are told to play in Egypt and we will do just that."

In ominous news for Egypt, Ghana appear to be stronger on paper than they were first time around, with star man Kevin-Prince Boateng back in contention following a knee injury.

And, despite the distractions, assistant boss Maxwell Konadu insists that the visitors' minds are fully on the job.

"So far, so good in camp," he said. "The atmosphere is very good and everybody is in a good frame of mind.

"Initially we were not sure it was too good (playing in Cairo) but after a few meetings and advice, we think where we are going to play the match is very secured and removed from the trouble spots."

[size=14pt]Ghana football team in Cairo for Egypt World Cup playoff[/size]

Ahram Online, Monday 18 Nov 2013

The Black Stars land at Cairo Airport early morning for the anticipated World Cup playoff against Egypt Tuesday


The Ghanaian national team arrived in Cairo early on Monday for the anticipated second leg of the Africa World Cup playoff against Egypt at the Air Defence Stadium Tuesday, 18:00 CLT (GMT+2).

The Black Stars – who held a training camp in Turkey amid their preparation for the decider – are more comfortable than the Pharaohs, having won 6-1 in Kumasi last month.

In addition to the players and the technical staff, the Ghanaian delegation combines 30 officials and 600 fans to support their national team.

The delegation arrived at 3am – an hour and a half after their scheduled time – and was received by the Ghanaian ambassador, who led their welcome reception at Cairo International Airport.

"I am so happy with the security at Cairo Airport and I thank the Egyptian authorities for finalising the procedures quickly," Ambassador Said Sinare told the press at the airport.

Ghana had last month requested the FIFA relocate the game to a neutral venue, citing the North African country's critical security and political situation. Last week, however, the Ghanaians' worries gave way to expressed satisfaction over security measures in Egypt.

safarigirl: apparently, that makes them Central African, it's because Nigeria and Cameroon share border that most Nigerians think Cameroon is WA, even the OAPs on Raypower made that mistake this morning. Nigeria is the last West African country on the map, anything to the east of Nigeria isn't West Africa

safarigirl: is Cameroon under ECOWAS? No. They pulled out years ago, they say they're not West African, even FIFA refers to them as a Central African nation, many in WA still beleive Cameroon is WA though

safarigirl: AIT is showing it, and if you can't find a tv, you can listen on Brilla FM(88.9 in Abuja) or Raypower(not sure of this one sha)