Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi are on the three-man shortlist for the 2013 Ballon d’Or. The trio were chosen from the 23-man list, which included Gareth Bale, and the world player of the year will be revealed on 13 January. Barcelona’s Messi has won four years in a row but Real Madrid forward Ronaldo is the favourite to win this year. The women’s final trio are Nadine Angerer (Germany), Marta (Brazil) and Abby Wambach (USA). Fifa has also confirmed the final three for coach of the year – with former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson vying with ex-Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes and Borussia Dortmund’s Jurgen Klopp for the award. The winners, to be announced at a ceremony in Zurich, will be decided by a vote among the captains and head coaches of all Fifa-affiliated men’s national teams, as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football magazine. You may also like - enya’s Fina Bank Renamed GT...
Ekpoma (Edo) – Two children of the same parents were on Saturday night roasted alive in their sleep at Ekpoma, in the Esan-West Local Government Area of Edo. The children, a female, four-year-old Oyenchi Akamezie and two-year-old Chukwudalo Akamezie, a male, were reportedly burnt when fire from a local lamp engulfed their room at night. It was alleged that the mother of the children, Christy Akamezie, locked them up in the room while asleep and left to prostitute. A crowd of sympathisers who had gathered at the residence on Ilenlua Street, rained curses on the bereaved mother, calling her unprintable names. As at the time of this report, the charred bodies of the children had yet to be evacuated from their one-room apartment, while the Police had arrested their mother for alleged negligence. The father of the children, Mr Chike Akamezie, a trader based in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, who wept uncontrollably, told NAN that though he had been estranged from his ...
Marriage recognize by African culture is the traditional marriage where the groom will pay dowry otherwise known as bride price as demanded by the bride’s family. Until one does that, no matter millions he spend on church or Mosque wedding, they are not traditionally pronounced as lawful husband and wife. This Story is according to YES Magazine. This is the mess Nigeria’s Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo is enmeshed in as some members of his in-laws accused him of not marrying his wife, Adaeze in the proper traditional way. The Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, may have unknowingly incurred the wrath of some of his wife’s people. Yobo’s wife, Adaeze, is from Iru-Owelle Village in Awka Etiti, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State. According to one of them who asked not to be mentioned yet, their anger with the soccer star stems from the fact that he’s yet to marry their daughter traditionally. “Yobo has not done Adaeze’s Igba Nkwu and that’s why we are not ...
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