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Former Barca player and Stoke forward Borjan Krkic who is currently nursing an injury believes Sergio Aguero is an all round player and the best in the league so far followed by Harry Kane been tied with Costa with 19 goals in the league so far. Borjan is thrilled by the amazing run of form by the Tottheham Star and said “Its great to see an English player scores every week, I didn't know too much about Harry Kane when I came to England but he has been amazing so far”. Though Harry Kane has more appearance than Costa, 26 for Kane and 23 appearance for Costa in the league so far.

By Dickson Blessing
2/4/2015, 9:18am

     The president elect of Nigeria Gen Muhammadu Buhari(Rtd) has reassured Nigerians that his adminstration would tackle Boko Haram in the north eastern part of Nigeria within two months of resuming office.

    He said this in an interview with Christiane Amanpour of CNN on Wednesday 1st of April 2015.

    He said the federal government made some mistakes in tackling Boko Haram insurgency and promised his administration will solve the problem. He explained;
“we know how they started and where they are now and we will rapidly give attention to security in the country. And I believe we will effectively deal with them in two months when we get into office.”

    He stressed on the need of the neighbouring countries to join forces in fighting the militants. “We will be needing the cooperation of neighbouring countries such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger. There were efforts made by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, but it was not good enough and it came rather late,” he said.

      Buhari pointed out that the past adminstration did not make good use of the military. “We expected the Federal Government four years ago to sit down with these countries and make sure they do not allow the terrorists free movement across borders, training facilities and movement of weapons.

“These were only done a few months ago and we have seen how Cameroon, Chad and Niger are fighting Boko Haram more than Nigeria is doing until recently. Really we have seen enough and we have enough law enforcement to face Boko Haram squarely.”

   The president- elect assured that his administration will perform differently, he also blamed the poor performance on corruption in the military.

  “They will…if you recall, the Nigerian soldiers out of all ethical expectations were granting interviews to foreign journalists, saying they were being sent to fight terrorists without proper weapons

“And then the National Assembly attempted to conduct a hearing to find out how much money was approved for training and weapon in the last three years but that hearing was scuttled by the administration.”

By Eyizle Ene-Okon

08:40am

Real Madrid have officially announced a £23m deal for FC Porto

right-back Danilo has been agreed.

The 23-year-old Brazilian will join the club in the summer on a six

year deal up until 2021 and give the current European champions

another top quality right-back alongside Dani Carvajal.

Source: TPP

By Efio-Ita Nyok |2 April 2015 |8:27am

In an interview with CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, monitored in Lagos on 1 April 2015, Nigeria's President-elect, Mohammadu Buhari, made the following phrase in response to dealing with the insurgency in the Northeast of the country:
'And I believe we will effectively deal with them in two months when we get into office'.

By 'them', Buhari was referring to the Boko Haram insurgents whose activities are estimated to have taken the lives of over N20,000 Nigerians.

Another question is what does the President-elect means when he assert that he would effectively deal with the insurgency in two months? Does he mean by this that his administration will defeat the insurgents in two months? This may be the immediate meaning the President-elect intends to send across. And if this is true, I am afraid to say that the president may be wrong. I do not intend to appear cynical or overtly critical of an administration that is tet to be sworn into power. But, it is imperative to begin to address the statements of anticipated public office holders in view of certain realities.

By the insurgents, namely Boko Haram, should we to refer to Abubakar Shekau and his disciples of evil, or refer to the wicked and criminal ideology of carnage to human lives, properties and general destabilisation of the peace which they embody?

If the president-elect refers to the former then he may as well 'effectively deal with them(Boko Haram) in two months…' after assuming office as president especially when his administration enjoys the diplomatic support of her neighbours, to wit, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. But if we refer to the later, namely, what ideology the sect represent  then two months into office is far from actualising such a vision.

The lives, properties, and destruction the Boko Haram sect has effected cannot and will never be 'effectively addressed in two months'. No human administration can bring back to live the lives of  N20,000 Nigerians taken in a most wicked way! They may repurchase the personal effects already lost to these criminals, and even resettle them, but they cannot reverse the pains, maimings, tears, disappointments, disillusionments, etc that have been forced on recipients of their wickedness.

The quality of our critical infrastructures in the northeast has been totally depleted and profoundly compromised. Our educational, health and security infrastructures, etc are in a sorry state. Are these what Buhari intends to effectively address in two months into office? I doubt and I think you share in my doubt.

The incoming government should not only think of a military solution to the insurgency, they should also consider a political solution. Again, they should not only contemplate a short term solution to the security challenge but they should reflect on a long term solution as well. They should rather think of how best to effectively address the repair of our critical infrastructures.

Two months into office, supposes an intention to address Boko Haram from a purely military perspective. We should swerve from thinking of Boko Haram as being basically comprising Shekau and his army, to perceiving them to mean the indented ideology they embody. The extent to which any administration can frustrate the resurrection of the insurgency in the northeast will suggest how 'effectively' it has been able to 'deal with' them. A military, political, short and long term solution will suffice. 'Two months into office…' may be a miscalculation.

God grant Mr. President wisdom. God bless this Nigeria!

By Eyizle Ene-Okon

07:13am

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak

The biggest strength of black is its flexibility. Though some people

think head to toe black is boring but it's very versatile.

More tips here

http://www.dlwfashions.com/2015/04/how-to-wear-your-black.html?m=1

By Dickson Blessing
23:30pm, 1/4/2015

    The President-elect, Muhammad Buhari, has been issued a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

    Attahiru Jega, INEC chairman handed the certificate to Mr. Buhari, and the vice president-elect, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday at the International collation centre (ICC) in Abuja. A loyal supporter of the former military general got all emotional and broke down in tears as he received the certificate from the electoral body.