The word “Leicester” in every football lover’s mouth sounds like a fairy tale protagonist in this season’s English Premier League. The league has not had such an amazing tale in its history except that of Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest in the 70’s. Nottingham Forest won the English First Division a year after winning promotion from the Second Division (1977-1978 season), more like the recent achievement of Leicester City should they be crowned Champions of England. Brian Clough’s men were tagged ‘Miracle Men’ because no one could have predicted how successful they would be in English Top Division that season. They also went on to win the European Cup (Champions league) back to back (1978-1979 and 1979-1980). It became one of European Football’s greatest achievements – taking a team from the second division, winning the top division and European cup back to back. Brian Clough became England’s most successful manager.



Until this season, Nottingham Forest boasted the greatest achievement in the history of the English game. Although there are other achievements like that of Arsenal’s Invincibles and Manchester United’s treble, but in terms of a journey, from zero to hero, there has been nothing more like that of Nottingham Forest till the journey of Leicester City. If Leicester City were to win this season’s English Premier League title it would out-weight the achievements of Nottingham Forest and most Nottingham Fans are praying hard for Leicester city not to clinch the title so that their team of the 70’s remains the greatest in English Football history. The reason for Leicester City’s heighten achievement is that Nottingham won the title when the league system was still fluid. Ipswich also did it (1961-62), meaning a newly promoted side from second division could also do it that period. But Leicester are playing in a league system that is considered difficult for newly promoted sides to even remain top 10 in the league not to talk of winning the title. With financial fair play in the system, the “Big Four” were meant to rotate being champions while the rest become content with remaining in the league.



Leicester City has gone against all odds to break traditional powers to emerge as possibly the most surprising Cinderella story in Football history. From almost being relegated last season to becoming Champions this season. Leicester’s surge defies all reasonable football prophesies. At the start of this season, Leicester were 1.02 odds to be relegated by bookmakers and their newly appointed manager Claudio Ranieri as the first manger to be sacked following his recent dismissal as the head coach of Greek national team just four months after being employed by the Greeks. “The Tinkerman” as being called by the English press during his time as Chelsea manager, was known for rotating his squad more often and not having a steady first team will be having the last laugh at bookmakers who predicted he will be the first manager to be sacked as many managers has left and his team is on the verge of creating history. Ranieri has never won any major league title in his career as a manager. He has managed many top sides like Juventus, Inter Milan, Valencia, Athletico Madrid, Chelsea, Monaco etc. but never won the league title with them. Should Leicester win the title, it would be the highlight of his managerial career as even the octopus couldn’t have predicted it not to mention a Claudio Ranieri team.



The 2015/2016 season has been termed “Crazy” by Leicester City’s manager and has urged the fans to keep dreaming while the players do the reality on the pitch. We all know that what Leicester city are doing on the pitch is both magical and realistic as anything is possible in football, you can refer to Istanbul Champions League final. Yes! It is real; nobody gave them a chance considering the fact that they were almost relegated last season. Leicester had to win five games and draw two of their last seven matches just to avoid relegation last season. Like Cinderella from scrubbing the floor to being the wife of a Prince, Leicester has emerged from a relegation team to a title contending team. Leicester took advantage of underperforming “Big Teams” to remain on top of the English Premier League this season. They have been consistent all season with a bit of luck. Less injury crisis compared to other teams in the league with seven of their players starting 30 games this season. They are fast on the counter and utilize their chances the most. Their long balls have been precise. Their tactics and game planning has also been integral in their fairytale season as the manager approaches it game by game. Their conservative 4-4-2 formation has made them to care less about possession and hit very hard on the counter while defending with their lives at the back. They have only lost 3 times this season, 2 to Arsenal and 1 to Liverpool. Leicester pounded on their similar and underperforming teams to reach the top of the table.



Jamie Vardy 29, has had his own part of the fairy tale as his 22 goals this season has helped Leicester stay on top of the league. Vardy joined from Fleetwood Town for £1 million. Last season he managed to score only 5 goals. A onetime factory worker, as a part-time job, during his time at Stocksbridge Park steels is now the talk of English football. His form this season has gained him a place in Roy Hodgson Squad for the 2016 Euros. Riyad Mahrez has also been instrumental in plot. His quick feet and skills has produced 16 goals and 11 assists in the League for Leicester. Mahrez, playing in the French ligue 2 for Le Havre joined Leicester city in 2014, helped Leicester win promotion to the top division and now helping them winning the league. The Current Player of the year this season in England. He has had the best performance this season besting Mesut Ozil, Harry Kane and others to the PFA award. As Mahrez does his damaged on the right side, Marc Albrighton has tallied six assists from the left side. N’Golo Kante has been another breakout star in the team. The energetic box-to-box midfielder has been a revelation. His forward drive and neat tackles has made him the most outstanding defensive midfielder in the League. He signed last year for Leicester from French ligue 2 outfit Caen. With his sidekick Danny Drinkwater, they have been able to provide support to the defenders and attackers. The defensive duo of Wes Morgan and Robert Huth has provided solid cover for goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel at the back, forming a “thou shall not pass” dynamic duo in the league. Other Leicester city players like Danny Simpson, Christian Fuchs, Shinji Okazaki, ulloa etc have been influential in making this story a reality. The mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, has considered naming most streets in Leicester with the current squad list should they win the title.



Leicester City’s fairytale tale took a dramatic turn when they had to beat Liverpool and Manchester city consecutively in the second half of the season when everyone thought that it was high time they left the top four of the League table. What Leicester City are doing at the moment is giving hope to other teams about the possibilities in football. With the current tradition of signing world class players under the helm of a world class coach in order to achieve trophies in a season, Leicester has disregarded all that with their current achievement. They were not handed any Memo that small clubs are supposed to move up the table gradually while watching juggernauts like Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United win title after title. They have injected a heavy dose of inspiration to smaller clubs not only in England but other leagues that they can also achieve if they believe, work hard and play together as a team. The days of the “Big Four” are probably not over, but Leicester has changed the way many clubs think and set their goals. Their target this season was to avoid relegation, aiming 40 points for safety, but now they are on the verge of creating history.



From the Manager to the Players, their individual stories are similar, all has transcended expectations. For Leicester City, it will be their first ever major league title. None has ever won one before including the Manager. With three matches to go and tough opponents to play, Leicester will also bank their luck on their rival teams underperformance which Tottenham just concurred with them. Without star striker Jamie Vardy, Leicester put up a concert type performance for their fan thrashing and outplaying Swansea 4-0 to keep the ball rolling. More like their fairy god-Mother was with them as pundit predicted a reduced performance from them since they will be without their goal machine. We keep our fingers crossed and watch the remainder of the season go as all neutrals in football and even those whose club are beyond reach of the title are praying that Leicester City win the title. The best party in England will be at Leicester come May 2016. If you miss your ride, don’t miss the party.

Article written by Sebzero (Iheanyichukwu Sebastian) for Strippedmind.com

Source: http://strippedmind.com/leicester-city-english-premier-leagues-cinderella-story/

Cc: lalasticlala, mukina2

Yup, you missed out. Loads of fresh Lekki babes there ]

See more pictures here: http://strippedmind.com/my-experience-gtbank-food-drink-fair/

Workers day was just a few days ago and I was dead bored. For lack of anything to do, I went on twitter in search of some form of excitement and I stumbled on Gidi Traffic’s tweet about a food and drink fair being organized by GTBank. I called up some of my friends and we decided to meet up there. Off I went to Landmark Event Centre at Victoria Island. Yes, everything happens on the island *rolls eyes* Although it was a Monday, it had been declared a public holiday to mark the annual Workers’ day so getting there was a breeze. How I wish Lagos roads could be like that every day. ‘If wishes were horses’, I here you whisper.
Anyways, I got there quite early at around 2pm. On getting into the venue, I was given a customized GTB abebe (hand fan) by some smiley faces. The event was very well planned and organized with maximum security on standby. Damn, the bouncers were so buff. The whole place looked so colourful and posh. I especially liked the green carpet that was spread out in the open and had lots of thatched roof huts selling barbecues, drinks and a variety of other yummy foods. I bought a bottle of water and sat down at one of the thatched huts while I feed my eyes. I was particularly taken aback at how people were comfortably seated under the scotching sun. Do we now have a sun-bathing culture I am unaware of? A Good Samaritan should please keep me up with latest trends.
After surveying the vendors outside, I decided to go into the gigantic marquee tent where all the buzz was going on. I was handed a cute-looking GTB branded bottle of water by another set of smiley faces at the entrance. Immediately I stepped in, I sited Chuey, the Pulse TV guy and I literally ran. I came there to have fun not to embarrass my generation. Fear Chuey people, fear him! The ambiance of the place was nice and quite spacious. I was told that GTB had to construct the tent specifically for the event, whaow! There were so many vendors in the hall; I didn’t know where to start from. I made my way through the crowd and stumbled on a drink vendor where I ordered a very delicious cocktail which made me a little tipsy. I have zero alcohol tolerance. I had to munch on some Popsicle to clear the tipsiness. I also had the most delicious ice cream ever from one of the vendors called Hans and Rene. Unlike other ice cream I’ve had, there was no much serenre going on with theirs but it tastes very different from your regular ice cream. I heard it’s because it’s a gelatin based Italian ice cream. Can you see how I’m already having international exposure without even being to the airport. My God is good o! I quickly googled them and was so excited to see that they have a store at ICM for me and all my broads on the mainland. I will definitely be checking them out soon.



There was also a master cooking class by some of the top chefs in the game but I wasn’t allowed in. Apparently, I had to register online first but who cares? I only just wanted to see Chef Fregz in person. I window-shopped around all the other vendors and I found some of the foods and drinks a bit too pricey although, I understand the need to recoup the money spent on rent. This did not in any way deter people from turning up and wetting their appetites, and to think we keep saying the economy is hard.





I bumped into a number of my old friends from school and also met up with a new friend from twitter who I find very articulate and intellectually sound. Dude is always tweeting about geopolitical economy and no I won’t drop his handle, LOL. Go figure!
As night began to draw near, I had had enough fun and needed to start my journey back home. In all, it was a really fun event. If you weren’t there, you missed out a great deal. Thumbs up GTBank, I am looking forward to next years’ edition.

Source: http://strippedmind.com/my-experience-gtbank-food-drink-fair/


Cc lalasticlala

Op, what adnetwork did u change to?

UEK33:
The system may be corrrupt but could still be managed. Let's stop painting the police bad...It is never better in other government institutions......Police are your friend..support them!!!!

Lol, you sound like a police officer or you have a family in the force.
Anyway, the article is not painting anyone bad. It is simply highlighting things that need to be addressed in the system. And you can't deny these things don't exist

Very recently the Nigerian Police put out an advertisement imploring Nigerians to apply for certain positions, the advertised positions available were 10,000 for which 705,352 candidates applied according to the spokesperson of the Police Service Commission. This recruitment exercise was said to have been approved by the C-in-C to reinforce the Nigeria Police for better service.

However this recruitment seems to continue the trend from past governments of throwing numbers at a problem of quality rather than quantity. There is no gainsaying that the Nigerian Police Force is understaffed for the population it is meant to safeguard, however, continuing to add numbers to an already sick institution only increases the number of bribe takers on our streets. Some while back I wrote an answer on Quora as to how I feel Nigeria can be policed better (found here). In that answer, I highlighted what I felt were the issues with our “beloved” NPF some of which I will do a short recap here:

• The NPF at present is a system based on gratuity/bribes/gifts/nepotism and blatant corruption e.g. corporal mounts roadblock and extort/demand/collects bribes from motorists, he pays 60% to his boss the sergeant who in turn pays 40% to his boss the ASP who in turn pays another x% to the DPO till it gets to the top and there is no incentive for any of the parties involved to stop this practice.

• For a job open to hazardous circumstances like the police, the conditions of service are simply horrible. Pay and welfare is horrible, equipment isn’t all that and the training is clearly below global average standards.
While these issues and a myriad of other issues with the NPF remain unsolved, the government decides to recruit another 10,000 persons to fuel this morass of corruption. The issues around the institutionalized corruption in that service are yet to be addressed; however we have seen improvements like a social media presence on Facebook and on Twitter for the Police Complaint Unit through these accounts: @YomiShogunle and @PoliceNG_CRU which are geared towards addressing complaints by the public towards police conduct. These accounts from personal observation have done a lot in repairing the image of the NPF at least in the eye of social media conscious Nigerians and can be seen to be having a positive effect as seen in the drop in complaints reports against the Police by the public since their inception.
Notwithstanding the above, the Nigerian Police Force still requires reforms significantly in welfare, funding, training (particularly around human dignity) and discipline before an increase in numbers. Recently, I asked of the aforementioned Police Complaint Units of the existence or otherwise of an autonomous Internal Affairs unit dedicated to investigation and prosecution of police malfeasance as obtains nearly everywhere else and even in the Nigerian military in the form of Military Police, I am still awaiting a response till date. For while the Police Complaint unit is a welcome and good development, the Nigerian Police Force requires an autonomous well equipped body within the Police itself that can independently root out the bad eggs within, without any hindrance or any form of preference.

I am @OluwaseunEsq

Written by Seun Oyajumo for Stripped Mind
Source: http://strippedmind.com/the-nigerian-police-recruitment-and-other-issues/


Cc lalasticlala

Technology is a huge wave sweeping across the world. Various organisations, through their work, contribute to this change in diverse ways. Their staff, the agents of change. At Skool Media, we believe that we are part of that change trickling across schools in Nigeria. We believe that we are changing mindsets, one student, one teacher, one school at a time.

Three members of the Skool Media team speak about their work, and how it is revolutionising education in Nigeria.

Ikuni Hilary Ebinum

Role: Technology Support Officer, Skool Media Office, Queens’ College, Yaba, Lagos

“The access that they have to technology not only improves their grades but makes them world class students. It also makes them prepared for their world in the future, for there is nothing that you can do without technology.”  

Cynthia Obinodu

Role: Relationship Officer, Skool Media

“My work specifically is changing the world because I work with young people who are the future of tomorrow. We are changing the educational sector, one school at a time; one student at a time; one teacher at a time. Our infrastructure helps improve the educational quality and make students better, academically. The teachers too are equally happy to deliver anytime, anyway because Skool Media has made education more engaging.”

Temitayo Adebiyi

Role: Technical Support Officer, Skool Media, Queens’ College, Yaba, Lagos

“I believe that through my work with Skool Media, I am able to put cutting-edge tools into the hands of students and teachers. With these tools, they not only have a chance to improve their education, they are also able to compete with their colleagues across the world.”
Source: https://skoolmedia.tumblr.com/post/142354426433/how-our-work-at-skool-media-is-changing-the-world

President Buhari recently embarked on his one too many trips out of the country. This time he went to China. The outcome of the trip was that Nigeria's Central Bank and The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited signed an agreement on Yuan transactions. The Chinese currency, Yuan will now be allowed to flow freely in Nigerian banks. It has also been included in our foreign exchange reserves.

What Does This Mean?

1. Our foreign exchange will no longer be in dollars alone. We will now earn in Yuan as well.
2. Naira can now be converted directly to Yuan instead of going through the long process of first converting to the expensive and unavailable dollars and then to Yaun. The exchange rate of Yuan to Naira presently stands at 30.74 NGN to 1 CNY.
3. Prices of imported goods will reduce since we import most of our products from China.
4. There would be a reduced demand for dollars.

What Is The Worst That Can Happen?

The bad side to this new development is that it keeps us as an import dependant nation. People would prefer to import from China rather than purchasing locally produced items due to the high cost of raw materials and so many other factors dettering local production. This move might also upset the US as they would see this as a threat to their status as the most powerful nation in the world. We all know it is not very advisable to be in bad terms with the US. Don't even think about going to ask them for any aids whatsoever. You're on your own.

Looking At The Bright Side

This is a good move by the President as it would help ease things in Nigeria. Meanwhile, it should only be used as a temporary solution else we become over dependent on the Yuan which will in turn lead to a rise in its demand and then the Chinese currency becomes too expensive. If this happens, we are back to square one! Hopefully, President Buhari will take this time to implement policies that will boost local production. First things first, electricity needs to be fixed. Imagine the weight it would take off local manufacturers if they don't have to buy fuel or diesel just to power their machines. Raw materials also need to be made readily available and cheaper too. If all of these are put in place, we might actually become the giant of Africa we have been erroneously referred to as.

Until then, I am keeping my fingers crossed for Nigeria and watching as things play out.

Source: http://strippedmind.com/2016/04/14/as-nigeria-signs-foreign-exchange-deal-with-china/

Festivalofholi:
I think he is just jealous of u giving it to other guys.

Giving what to other guys? I haven't given anything to him or anyone else

There's this guy I just met. He's really cool and all but at the end of every of our conversation whether in person or on phone, he keeps telling me to be a good girl. I am currently in the North for a brief assignment and he has now added 'please be safe' to 'be a good girl o'.

Every time, he says 'be a good girl o', I'm not sure how to feel, react or respond. I just smile. I am not a bad girl so I don't know why he keeps telling me to be a good girl.

Does this mean anything? Is it just a random statement?

Samsung, Skool Media and Federal Ministry of Education to Digitalize Classrooms. This post is about more support and partnership for the Skool Media project.

What does this mean? Greater ability to reach more students and have more far-reaching impact in schools. It is from the official press release.

Who are the partners? Samsung Electronics West Africa, Skool Media and the Federal Ministry of Education.

What is the aim of the partnership? To digitalize classrooms. This will enhance mobile learning across unity schools in Nigeria, providing students with the opportunity to have their classrooms literally in their palms.

What does it entail? Digitalized classrooms across 104 unity schools in Nigeria whereby Samsung tablet devices are paired with relevant and applicable educational content customised with Skool Media content.

There is more. The classrooms will also be kitted with Samsung Electronic Boards, Wireless Printers and wireless connectivity. With these in place, what do you have? “Smart classrooms” where learning is practical, fun, progressive and impactful.

Project Director, Skool Media, Moses Imayi said “A lot of Nigerian students are not familiar with new learning tools such as tablets, electronics boards and even accessing appropriate educational content online and the purpose of this partnership is to change that mindset, among students and the teachers. This we believe will be the beginning of better performing educational system in Nigeria. Through this project, we are building the IT competence of the next generation of leaders and providing employment opportunities to over 200 young Nigerian graduates.”
At Skool Media, we are excited about this partnership. Knowledge is power. Digitalising education is putting power in the right hands.


Source: https://skoolmedia.tumblr.com/post/142062516018/samsung-skool-media-and-federal-ministry-of

Theraja911:
Goodmorning Greatminds, please how am I to go about this mp3 voice recording by Beat fm I stay in ohambele area in Abiastate. Please I need help as regards this, am so passionate about the job & i won't mind rewarding the person Handsomely sth like 20k Thanks.

I can help you with a very catchy recording with a nice voice too. Pm me if you are serious

I can help you with a very catchy recording with a nice voice too. Pm me if you're interested

Please can i get the formula for hair cream. Thanks

sparkleRed:
Sleep! Sleep! No tym for parade for nw all dis man o war snd soldiers think say dem smart

Whaow babe abeg fill me in na. what's your escape route?

swankylay:
im a proud fish farmer. planning on starting wt maize farming in few weeks. so help me God. fish is a very good biz. by d way op, n oda farmers, how do u source for market for d crops/ u know thats a major problem

You raised a very good point; sourcing for the market. Op your attention is highly needed here pls!

Please how do I get to camp from the airport in Abuja?

derespect:


Don't worry, u will enjoy Niger. That was how I was thinking too wen I was posted here. Now am enjoying it like kilode. I av not gone home since d beginning of dz year.

Really? What's so enjoyable over there?

toluxa1:


Coping? I'm used to it. I have been here for over 25years Had my Nursery, Primary, Secondary and tertiary edu here.

oh whaow

toluxa1:


Hahaha, ta lo so be? Don't mind them jare. The hostels are Ok, not as bad as it sounds. After the first week or two though, they can get pretty nasty especially the male ones. This is what the female hostel looks like. Kaabo omo Eko

Hmm, this looks like Unilag BQs. Manageable!
How are you coping over there tho?

obibanks:

Hey dear, just stay positive.

Thank you, I'm trying to stay calm

Posted to Niger. I'm so devastated right now. my parents are worried. tired of crying. I've never lived outside Lagos before. And someone said the hostels are not conducive, container hostels ke?? *sigh

noordean:
alrite then,bt try 2 go 2 d bank again on monday

Yes will do just that. I just pray God gives me the strength not to loose my cool.

I’m not a huge fan of bread but with peanut butter, I can finish the quantity of bread meant to feed a family of 5. That’s how much I love peanut butter I just finished munching bread and peanut butter and boy was it delicious! I really can’t get enough of the homemade peanut butter. It is just so delicious especially when combined with Agege bread. The more peppery version of peanut butter (ose oji) is best served with anyara (garden eggs). I once tasted Skippy peanut butter and the plenty chemicals in it didn’t let me enjoy it at all plus it has sugar in it, yuck!
For me I’d choose the homemade or locally made peanut butter because it is tastier, cheaper and healthier.
Over to you guys, which do you prefer, local peanut butter or Skippy?

noordean:
Why didnt u pay tru atm? am planning to use wema too,i jst hope dia wont b any problem

I tried using my ATM several times but it didnt go through. So I was adviced at the cafe to go to the bank and Wema was just a stone's throw from the cafe.
Please I won't advice you to use Wema, look for another bank or just use your ATM card.