Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich.

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to the prize.

Ronaldo also won the Ballon d'Or in December, with both honours recognition for success in the Champions League with Real and Euro 2016 with Portugal.

Carli Lloyd of the United States was named the world's best female player.

Leicester's Claudio Ranieri was named best men's coach, ex-Germany boss Silvia Neid won the female coach award, while Penang's Mohd Faiz Subri received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2016.

Hold on... haven't we already had the Ballon d'Or?

Mike Tyson Is Training Chris Brown and 'Gonna Teach Him Every Dirty Trick in the Book'

This Chris Brown/Soulja Boy fight is ascending to levels we never thought imaginable.

First, it was a little back-and-forth bickering on social media. Now, it’s turned into a full-fledged bout. The two aren’t going into the fight though without outside assistance.

After it was reported that Floyd Mayweather was siding with Soulja Boy in his efforts to win a fight against Breezy, CB turned around and reportedly hired Mike Tyson as his trainer. Iron Mike took to Instagram to announce the news.

“It’s confirmed, I just got off the phone with Frenchie and Chris Brown,” he told his followers in a video. “I’m training Chris, he chose me as his trainer to take on Soulja Boy.”

He also addressed Soulja directly and said that anything is possible when it comes to fighting a disciple of his.

ILLEGAL RELOCATION OF WARRI SW LGA HQTR FROM OGIDIGBEN TO OGBE IJAW: CHIEF RITA LORI OGBEBOR SEEKS SUPREME COURT INTERPRETATION IN FAVOUR OF ITSEKIRI NATION.

Today 9/1/2017 at the Supreme court in Abuja, Nigeria Federal Capital city , Chief Rita Lori Ogbebor the Igba of Warri kingdom continues her long and tortuous search for justice for her people in the illegal relocation of the Warri SW Local government headquarters from Ogidigben(ORIGINAL GAZETED HEADQURTER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT OF NIGERIA) an Itsekiri community in Ugborodo under the over lordship of His majesty the Olu of Warri His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli to Ogbe-Ijaw, an Ijaw quater in Warri by ex governor of Delta State, James Ibori.

The case which started since 2002 is now about 11 year at the Supreme court due to the corruption in the judiciary, the complicity of some prominent Itsekiri politicians within the Delta State Government who profited heavily from the injustice against their people and the financial inducements from successive government officials both at the state and Federal level.

PHOTOS: SENATOR DINO MELAYE, CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH SOUL-TRAIN THEMED PARTY

Senator Dino Melaye, yesterday had a soul-train themed party, which was attended by his colleagues, friends and associates to celebrate his birthday (He turned a year older on the 1st of Jan 2017).

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Police arrest Redeemed pastor involved in illegal burial of murdered boy in Abuja

The police in Abuja have arrested a cleric, Pastor Timothy Adigun, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Shere Koro, Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for getting involved in the burial of a murdered boy.

Koro allegedly assisted a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Olaoye to bury the deceased, Ayomide Samuel that died in their home.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Manzah Anjuguri, told newsmen on Sunday that investigators had arrested Adigun for his involvement in the illegal burial of Samuel.

He confirmed that the couple had reportedly fled with the body of the primary four pupil, who died at their residence in the Zone B area of the community on Christmas Day.

Anjuguri said, “The primary four pupil gave up the ghost after he was believed to have been hit on the head with an object by the wife on Christmas Day.

“It was gathered that the couple had earlier taken the corpse of the boy to a clinic, but the workers at the clinic refused to admit the body when they saw blood all over the vehicle.

Meryl Streep Attacks Donald Trump At Golden Globes

The screen icon was picking up the prestigious Cecil B Demille Award, when she slammed Trump for his ‘instinct to humiliate’.

She was continuing an Anti-Trump sentiment than run throughout the evening

Streep picked up the mantle and said: “There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart.

“Not because it was good, there was nothing good about it, but it was effective and it did its job.

“It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it and I still can’t get it out of my head because it wasn’t in a movie, it was real life.”

Below is her full speech:

Awkward! Twitter erupts after Billy Bob Thornton squeezes past stony-faced ex Laura Dern at Golden Globes 18 years after he dumped her for Angelina Jolie

He famously dumped her to shack up with Angelina Jolie.

And it seems all is not forgiven going by Laura Dern's expression as ex Billy Bob Thornton squeezed past her to accept his award at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills on Sunday.

Social media erupted following the awkward incident, which occurred after he won the best actor in a television series gong for his Amazon show Goliath, in which he plays an alcoholic lawyer who fights for the little guy.

Unlike the 61-year-old's jolly demanour on stage moments later, Billy bob looked distinctly stony faced as he forced his way past his former fiancee on his way to picking up his prestigious paperweight.

A fan watching the episode on Twitter mused: 'At least we got to see Laura Dern physically fight the urge to stab Billy Bob as he walked behind her.

Another said: 'I'm convinced Billy Bob Thornton walked past Laura Dern just to piss her off.' 

One wit injected levity into the moment, saying, 'Why wasn't Brad Pitt,Billy Bob Thornton,Laura Dern, Vince Vaughn & Justin Theroux seated at the same table? #MissedOpportunity.' 

MMM Nigeria Ponzi scheme to pay Nigerians in Bitcoins

As part of its grand return on Saturday, January 14, 2017, MMM Nigeria has introduced plans to pay Nigerians in bitcoins.

MMM Nigeria froze its operations on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, but assured investors that they will be able to get their returns in January.

“So far, we have only had Mavro-Naira in the System. Even though you provided help via Bitcoin, your Bitcoins, anyway, were recalculated into the Nigerian Naira at the exchange rate at the moment of providing help, and you were credited with Mavro-Naira in your PO.

“It was the Naira amount that grew.

FIFA set to announce 48-team World Cup effective from 2026

Some months ago, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that he plans implementing a 48-team World Cup, as one of his many new policies to restore integrity in the world's football governing body, and according to reports, FIFA could announce the new plan as early as Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017.

According to top football website, Globo Esporte, FIFA's top executives have already agreed to increase the number of countries participating in the World Cup Finals from 32 teams to 48 effective from 2026 so as to increase the chances of small nations in the showpiece event and also make the tournament more of a level playing field.

According to the Website, FIFA will announce on Tuesday, about the new plans which will see continents like Asia and Africa produce more participants at the orld Cup.

Uefa: 16 participants

África: 9 participants

Ásia: 9 participants

Conmebol: 6 participants

Concacaf: 6 participants

Oceania: 2 participants

If this goes through as reported, it'll mark Infantino's second major policy since assuming presidency, following the re-branding of the FIFA World Player of the Year awards to 'The Best' awards.

The first FIFA World Cup had 13 participants, then increased to 15, 16, 24, and is currently 32.

Police arrest 16 people in connection with Kim K's $11 Million worth of jewelry robbery in Paris

It’s still a developing story, but the international media is reporting that French authorities have arrested Sixteen people in connection with the robbery of Kim Kardashian in Paris almost 3 months ago.

The reality TV star lost ten million dollars worth of jewellery in the October heist, and has since largely stayed out of the public spotlight. The incident, during which Ms Kardashian, 36, was bound, gagged and held at gunpoint, reportedly left her "badly shaken".


The thieves who disguised as police officers, fled from the scene on foot and on bicycles. Days after, a gemstone, presumably dropped during the getaway was found outside the Paris apartment and DNA traces were found on it .

"One of the DNA samples matched an individual known to police for robbery and criminal offences," police said. They kept him under surveillance, along with those he came into contact. After three months of investigations, they were arrested during early morning raids in the Paris region, Normandy and the French Riviera

Former Iranian president Rafsanjani dies following hospitalisation

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a wily political survivor and multimillionaire mogul who remained among the ruling elite despite moderate views, died Sunday, state TV reported. He was 82.

Iranian media reported earlier Sunday that he was taken to a hospital north of Tehran because of a heart condition. State television broke into programming to announce his death.

New Brazil prison clash kills four in Amazon region

A new prison uprising in Brazil on Sunday left four dead, adding to the chaos in the country's penitentiary system that has killed nearly 100 inmates in the past week in a brutal gang war.

The latest violence took place at the Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the centre of the jungle city of Manaus, according to a statement from the government penitentiary agency in Amazonas state, where the facility is located.

Three of the dead were beheaded while one was strangled to death. It did not give a motive for the killings and it was not yet known if drug gangs were involved

In the last week, 64 inmates have been killed in prisons in or near Manaus. A prison uprising in the neighbouring state of Roraima left at least 33 dead.

Timaya Comes Under Fire For Having An Undesirable Attitude

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Nigerian singer and songwriter Inetimi Alfred Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, is currently in the cross fire for insulting a journalist who requested for an interview with him.

According to a Punch Newspaper correspondent, Timaya was described as one with an undesirable attitude who needed to enroll for anger management classes.

3m360 recently ran into the controversial entertainer recently and his attitude left a lot to be desired.

He insulted our correspondent when he was asked for an interview, and it is apparent that he needs to attend anger-management classes.

Put off by his saucy attitude, one of his aides had to apologize on his behalf.

Fans have also criticized him for denying them selfies at the event.

This is officially the first controversy of the year.

'They are totally embarrassed!': Trump goes on hours-long tweetstorm over Russian hacking

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the only reason the hacking of the Democratic National Committee is discussed is because Democrats are "totally embarrassed" about their election loss, and he urged friendlier relations with Russia.

"Only reason the hacking of the poorly defended DNC is discussed is that the loss by the Dems was so big that they are totally embarrassed!" Trump said as part of a Saturday morning tweetstorm.

His comments came a day after the declassification of a US intelligence report that concluded Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, ordered a campaign to influence the US election and hurt Hillary Clinton's chances of winning. 

Trump pointed to "gross negligence" by the DNC as the reason the hacking took place. 

He also denied suggestions that the Russian hacking could have affected the election results, saying "there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results" because voting machines weren't "touched." 

The US intelligence community's report concluded that Russia — led by Putin — developed a "clear preference for President-elect Trump. But it did not assess the impact that Russian activities had on the election outcome, as Business Insider's Pamela Engel reported.

Israel plot to 'take down' Tory minister: Astonishing undercover video captures diplomat conspiring with rival MP's aide to smear Deputy Foreign Secretary

The Israeli Embassy made a shocking vow to ‘take down’ Boris Johnson’s Foreign Office deputy, a secret film reveals today.

The bombshell footage, covertly filmed in a London restaurant and obtained by The Mail on Sunday, shows a senior diplomat making the astonishing threat to target Sir Alan Duncan.

Extraordinarily, he is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister, Robert Halfon.

The video comes in a film claiming to expose the way that the Israeli government has ‘infiltrated’ both the Conservative and Labour parties via its embassy in the UK, using secret cash and covert support.

Further footage shows the Israeli diplomat, intelligence expert Shai Masot, telling senior Labour MP Joan Ryan that he has obtained ‘more than £1 million’ to pay for sympathetic Labour MPs to visit Israel.

Mr Masot also mocks ‘crazy’Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his ‘weirdo’ supporters. Footage shows pro-Israel Labour activists discussing the Jerusalem government’s secret role in backing their activities.

Last night it emerged that Israeli ambassador Mark Regev had made a full apology to Sir Alan for Mr Masot’s ‘completely unacceptable’ comments.

And a spokesman for Boris Johnson said: ‘The Israeli ambassador has apologised and made it clear to us that these comments do not represent the views of the Israeli Embassy or government.’

The revelations follow Tory infighting over the party’s policy on the Israel-Palestine dispute, and repeated claims of anti-Semitism among Labour’s Leftwing ‘Corbynistas’.

Wike: Rivers People Won’t Abandon Dismissed Policemen

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said that the government and people of the state will not abandon the six policemen dismissed by the Police High Command because they did not commit any crime.

He said that the people of the state will stand by them and pursue the matter through laid down legal processes to its logical conclusion.

Wike, who spoke in Ahoada East Local Government Area, during the defection of former APC Chieftain and former Ahoada East Local Government Chairman, Mr. Cassidy Ikegbidi, noted that the dismissal of the policemen was aimed at discouraging other policemen from protecting him.

He said: “They gave me policemen for my protection, but before I knew it, they have dismissed them. They think they are punishing them, but Rivers State will stand with them forever.

“By the time we finish, they will realise that they have favoured the so-called dismissed policemen. In Rivers State, we don’t abandon people. No amount of intimidation will make me abandon these innocent policemen.

The Florida airport shooting suspect has been charged and could face the death penalty

The suspected Florida airport gunman was charged by federal prosecutors on Saturday in connection to the mass shooting that killed five and wounded six the previous day.

Esteban Santiago, 26, could face the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted of the charges, which include performing an act of violence at an international airport resulting in bodily harm, as well as firearms violations.

Santiago is set to appear in court Monday in Fort Lauderdale.

Federal authorities alleged earlier on Saturday that Santiago appears to have traveled to the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport specifically to carry out the attack, theAssociated Press reported.

Did you know that being Lazy is a sign of high Intelligence?

New research seems to prove the theory that brainy people spend more time lazing around than their active counterparts.
Findings from a US-based study seem to support the idea that people with a high IQ get bored less easily, leading them to spend more time engaged in thought.

And active people may be more physical as they need to stimulate their minds with external activities, either to escape their thoughts or because they get bored quickly. Researchers from the Florida Gulf Coast University gave a classic test – dating back three decades - to a group of students.

Chris Brown & Soulja Boy Both On Board For Boxing Match

50 Cent was all over Instagram on Wednesday afternoon pushing for Soulja Boy and Chris Brown to settle their recent beef in the ring, and now it looks like the fight might actually go down.seemed as though Soulja Boy was ready to squash the beef on Wednesday — apologizing and offering to make music with Brown — but then Thursday morning, he shared a clip of himself with his “trainer/big brother” FloydMayweather promoting the fight.

Om Puri, Bollywood star, dies in Mumbai

Acclaimed Indian actor Om Puri, well known for his roles in hit movies Gandhi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, has died at 66 after suffering a heart attack.

Puri died at his residence in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, the Press Trust of India reported on Friday .

He returned home on Thursday evening after a film shoot but his door bell went unanswered on Friday morning, following which his driver raised an alarm, it said.   

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Puri made a name for himself in the 1980s with alternative art cinema that found a niche audience in India, playing several memorable characters that depicted the anger and angst of those times.

Details about the Fort Lauderdale shooter who killed 5 people and injured 8 emerges

The shooter who left five dead and eight wounded  at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Friday has been identified as 26 year old, Esteban Santiago. An Iraq war veteran, who had been discharged from the Alaska Army National Guard last August for unsatisfactory performance.

The suspect, according to eye witnesses reportedly retrieved a gun from a checked bag, walked into the airport bathroom to load it, walked back out  and started shooting without saying a word.
A fellow passenger said he had gotten into an argument with a passenger on one leg of his trip from Alaska, which ended with a Delta flight to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to a CBS News report that quoted federal law enforcement sources.

His brother told AP that he had been receiving mental support from a facility in Alaska.

Brazil: Dozens more killed as prison gang war escalates

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazilian authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least 33 prisoners in the northern state of Roraima just days after 56 inmates were killed during a fighting between rival drug gangs in the neighbouring state of Amazonas.

Roraima state's top security official Uziel de Castro Júnior said in a radio interview that the killings could have been committed by inmates affiliated to the Sao Paulo based drug trafficking gang the First Command of the Capital (PCC), Brazilian newspaper Estadao reported on Friday.

Details how and why the killings happened remain sketchy, but several bodies were found decapitated. Calls by Al Jazeera to Castro Junior’s office and the Roraima department of public security were not answered.

It remains unclear whether or to what extent Friday's killings are connected to Monday's riot.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada trolls Donald Trump

 

Former Mexican president who has been anti-Trump, took to his twitter account to mock Donald Trump. In his tweets, he said Mexico will not pay for the border wall Donald Trump promised Americans that he would build to keep away illegal Mexicans. He also asked if he was real President. Read the tweets after the cut..

King Sunny Ade to perform at Coachella 2017 alongside Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar

Recently turned 70 and juju legend, King Sunny Ade is billed to perform at this year’s edition of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The event is an annual music and arts festival, which takes place at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, USA.

Organised by Golden Voice, a subsidiary of AEG Live as of 2001; the event features many genres of music including rock, indie, hip hop, electronic dance music as well as art installations and sculptures.

The Merciful God crooner is to share the stage alongside other international artistes including Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Beyonce, Bon Iver, DJ Snake, DJ Khaled, Tory Lanes, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead and more. As at the time of this report, the Juju legend is yet to be scheduled on a date for his performance. This year’s edition of Coachella holds on two weekends between April 14 – 16, and April 21 – 23. Last year’s edition saw Nigerian trio, The Young Fathers of Liberian and Scottish origin participate at the event alongside African acts such as Black Coffee.

US veteran arrested over Fort Lauderdale shooting

A US army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said.

The gunman was identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago of Anchorage, Alaska, who served in Iraq but was demoted and discharged last year for unsatisfactory performance. His brother said he had been receiving psychological treatment recently.

He was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said.

At least 5 dead, 8 hospitalized after shooting at Ft. Lauderdale airport

 

Five people are dead and a shooting suspect is in custody Friday after a lone gunman opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida without saying a word, witnesses and authorities say.

At 2:30 p.m. local time, the TSA said there was another active shooter at the airport and that all terminals were closed.

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The suspect in the first shooting was identified as Esteban Santiago, Fla. Sen. Bill Nelson told reporters. He said Santiago was carrying a military ID, but did not elaborate.

Eight people were rushed to hospitals, the Broward County Sheriff said. The city's mayor said there was only one shooter involved in the first incident.

"It was very surreal," John Schlicher, a witness, told Fox News. "He did not say a word." He described the shooter as a slender man with dark hair, likely in his 30s, wearing a Star Wars T-shirt.

While speaking to Shepard Smith live on Fox News, Schlicher said he heard crews ordering passengers to take cover. He spoke over the phone while ducked down on the floor."He was shooting people that were down on the ground, too," Schlicher said.

The gunman apparently got down on the ground and waited for police to arrive after he ran out of bullets, a witness told CBS News.

Top US intelligence officials: 'Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized' election-related hacking

Top US intelligence officials said in a joint statement Thursday that Russia's senior-most officials were involved in hacking Democratic Party organizations in the months leading up to the presidential election.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre, and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers released the statement at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyberthreats.

US intelligence officials have blamed Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, before the election.