While Microsoft's mobile struggles have been well documented, the
company has had a turn of fortunes lately, with the unveiling of their
attractive Windows 10 platform turning quite a few heads.
Meanwhile, Xiaomi is planning to let users experience the Windows 10
technical preview on the Mi 4 flagship, and if all works out,
Microsoft may finally be able to displace the dominant Android OS.
It all ended 5-2 in a night that saw Everton outclassed by Dynamo Kiev. Everton paid the price due to their poor defending and lost 6-4 on aggregate. Hope arises when Lukaku scored to level up the game but it wasn't enough as the Ukraine team seem to be too ruthless. With this one could be right to say the standard of the English game is dropping to the lowest minimum.
It was over Memorial day May 2013 as Schwartz lay accusation of being accused by Justin Bieber bodyguard calling Him “Little Jew Boy”. Bieber former neighbor Schwartz who lives with His wife, son(s) and minor daughter in Calabasas, California claimed Himself and His friend went to Bieber's former house to complain about his reckless driving and speeding with his Ferrari at the neighborhood for the safety of the community. One of Bieber Bodyguard then came out and called him ” Little Jew Boy”, then continue by asking him what he was going to do about it. Bieber then spat on him and threatened to kill him.
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| By Lizzy Adie. There were rumors that Triple MG boss and Iyanya’s manager Ubi Franklin was dating a label artiste, but this news has put just paid to that. Freda Francis, a mutual friend of Ubi Franklin and actress Lillian Esoro, has just announced that she said yes after he proposed to her today. Freda shared the news with a photo on her instagram page, showing off Lillian’s engagement ring. Many people were surprised but after then,
photos emerged from Lillian’s recent surprise birthday party where Ubi Franklin was all over her.
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| By Lizzy Adie. There were rumors that Triple MG boss and Iyanya’s manager Ubi Franklin was dating a label artiste, but this news has put just paid to that. Freda Francis, a mutual friend of Ubi Franklin and actress Lillian Esoro, has just announced that she said yes after he proposed to her today. Freda shared the news with a photo on her instagram page, showing off Lillian’s engagement ring. Many people were surprised but after then,
photos emerged from Lillian’s recent surprise birthday party where Ubi Franklin was all over her.
See photos from www. Romancemeetslife. Com.
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Nigeria's Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke
Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Thursday kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother to Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, Police sources say.
Police Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the development on Thursday. He said that the command got a report shortly after the incident happened.
According to Butswat, the police received a distress call on Thursday from the victim’s father, Maxwell Agama.
Butswat said that the incident occurred at about 12.30 am on Thursday at Yenaka Community, a coastal settlement in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.
Community sources said that the armed gunmen off with the victim to an unknown destination after abandoning their original boat.
Family sources said that the kidnappers were yet to establish contact or demand ransom.
It will be recalled that a sister to the minister, Osiyo Agama, was kidnapped in October 2014 in Port Harcourt and later rescued by a combined team of Joint Task Force and Department of State Security Services.
Diezani who is known as a powerful minister in President Goodluck Jonathan cabinet and widely believed to be the most corrupt could afford to pay ransom requested by kidnappers who have now made a habit of abducting members of her family.
Recently her donation of N70 million to the Bayelsa chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently causing crisis in the party that crisis led to the suspension of Col. Sam Inokoba as state chairman of the party.
Diezani is also at the centre of controversial award of pipeline surveillance contracts to militiamen and ethnic warlords across Nigeria.
Last week ex-militants shortchanged in the process staged a protest led to the deaths of an ex-militant in the hands of anti-riot policemen in Yenagoa. In Lagos, a group led by Yoruba militia leader, Gani Adams
As Nigeria and the United States continue to trade wars over the authenticity of the recent link between Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, has said that the link and allegiance between both terrorist groups appear to be authentic.
Reacting to the ongoing controversies over the link, in his new book which was circulated by the United States Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) yesterday, Mr. Campbell said there was an atom of truth in the recording that Boko Haram released where its leader Abubakar Shekau had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) emir, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
“The recording appears to be authentic. Shekau’s pledge goes further than his previous statements of support for ISIS, and was a Boko Haram propaganda coup: once again, the movement made the front page of the New York Times and became a brief media sensation. However, it is unclear what, if any, practical effects this pledge will have” he said.
He pressed further that some commentators see the new relationship between Boko Haram and ISIS as another example of the latter’s efforts to establish a network of franchises beyond its heartland, stressing that a closer association with ISIS might also be a boost to Boko Haram prestige, especially outside of Nigeria.
“The initiative appears to have come from Shekau, and as yet there has been no response from ISIS. Though North African suitors have been turned down in the past, that is unlikely in the case of Boko Haram, given its size. It may be a few days or weeks, however, before there is a public ISIS response” he added.
Commenting on the speculation that Shekau is seeking money, weapons, and even foreign fighters by a closer alignment with ISIS, the former United States envoy noted that there was little evidence that ISIS arms, money, and fighters would be forthcoming. “But, that might change in the future” he added.
Campbell also hinted that it may be unlikely that Boko Haram would attract European or American foreign fighters, adding that most of the foreign fighters that have joined ISIS appear to be of Middle Eastern or North African origin. He also said that the ISIS connection might encourage volunteers from nearby states to join Boko Haram.
Speaking further, the Senior Fellow of the CFR noted that Boko Haram’s leadership and structure appears much more diffused than that of ISIS, stressing that in many ways, Boko Haram resembles a popular uprising that uses Islamic vocabulary and imagery to justify its actions and motivate followers, while ISIS is clearly a centralized terrorist organization with millenarian goals. “Given Boko Haram’s structure, it is unclear how many members of the movement will honor Shekau’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS” he added.
He however said that, the Shekau pledge is a sign that Boko Haram, or at least parts of it, is moving away from it its traditional focus on the destruction of the Nigerian state and acquiring a more international character, a development potentially damaging to American interests.
Ivan Rakitic has joked that even Manchester City's players enjoyed watching Barcelona's Lionel Messi tear them apart on Wednesday.
The Argentine was the star of the show as Rakitic scored the only goal of the game to seal a 1-0 win on the night and a 4-1 victory on aggregate over the two legs.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved a Sergio Aguero's penalty in the second half, but City had the superb Joe Hart to thank for ensuring they only lost by a single goal and for keeping Messi at bay.
“He's amazing, incredible… Words no longer qualify with Messi,” the Croatia international told Canal Plus. “Nobody knows what to say about him any more.
“I think even Manchester City's players enjoyed watching Messi play tonight. Hopefully his form will continue like this.”
Rakitic was full of praise for England No.1 Hart and said the manner of their victory was all the more impressive considering it was against quality opposition.
“Congratulations to Manchester City's goalkeeper, he's a great shot-stopper and today he showed that,” the former Sevilla star added.
“Overall I think we did a good job – we enjoyed more possession and it's important that we won. City have a lot of good players and they're very dangerous up front, but we deserved the victory.
“We put in a great performance in a big game, but now we have another massive one to prepare for on Sunday against Real Madrid.”
Barca have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the eighth consecutive campaign but will be hoping to do better than their elimination at the hands of Atletico in the last eight in 2013-14.
Next up for Luis Enrique's men is a home clash against Real Madrid in La Liga – where a win will extend their lead at the top of La Liga to four points.
As Police perfects plans for 2015 polls
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, CFR, NPOM, NPM, mni, has ordered water-tight security around all key and vulnerable points, such as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, Media Houses, Service Providers Installations, INEC Headquarters and Centres, Banks, Hospitals, NYSC lodges, Hotels, Government offices among others.
This becomes imperative in a bid to ward off any likely or possible attempt by hoodlums or men of under-world to attack these installations and public places.
He further enjoins members of the public to remain steadfast in collaborating with officers and men of the Nigeria Police to stamp out crimes, as the Police have perfected strategies to prepare a safe and secured ground to guarantee a hitch-free March 28th and April 11th 2015 general elections.
By Dickson Blessing
The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission Prof. Attahiru Jega emphasized that the Electoral body is ready to conduct election which begins next week on the 28th of March.
Prof Attahiru at the meeting with Civil Societies bodies yesterday, the 18th of March said “We believe very strongly that the period of the extension has been put to good use and it has added value and obviously we would be able to do a much better election and it also enforced our belief that the elections for 2015 will be remarkably better than the 2011 elections and in fact we believe it will be the best election in Nigeria's history”.
He also voiced his concerns on the security of the INEC officials and the NYSC corps members who would be involved in the election “Clearly security remains an issue of concern particularly securing the staff of INEC as they are being deployed or as they are conducting the elections and also protecting the election environment” he said.