Chapecoense Rejects Ronaldinho,Riqulme's Offers

Chapecoense have said they are not looking to sign established names like Ronaldinho , as the club begins rebuilding following the air disaster that killed 19 of its players .

Football legends from all over the world including two- time FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho , Argentina ’ s Juan Roman Riquelme and former Chelsea striker , Eidur Gudejohnsen, have all offered to play for the Brazilian team .

Although Chapecoense president , Ivan Tozzo , says he appreciates their gestures, he

revealed that they plan to find young players .

“ We are ruling out bringing established or famous players because we never had footballers who fit that profile within our institution , ” he told Marca .

“ Also, everyone knows we are of modest means and we don ’ t have the resources to pay large fortunes like other big clubs can.

“ We will probably go after young professionals in the second division or those who were not chosen by first division clubs . ”

Gambian President Rejects Election Result After Conceding

The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh has rejected the outcome of Presidential election held earlier this month after conceding.

Jammeh said "I reject the outcome of the election in totality after a thorough investigation."

He continued "I lament serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired during the electoral process. I recommend a fresh and transparent election, which will be officiated by God-fearing and independent electoral commission."

Mai Ahmad Fatty, the chairman Barrow's transition team told Reuter that they know what to do and since people have voted, the people's choice will stand and will try to avoid violence.

See Arsenal, Leicester City's Fate In Champions League

All 16 clubs left in the competition, seeded by ‘group winners’, will learn their fate on Monday when the draw is made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Teams that qualified from the same group cannot be paired together again so soon, while country protection ensuring sides from the same national association are kept separate is still in effect at this stage of the competition.

Here is a comprehensive summary of the possible opponents for each of the three English clubs left…

Arsenal – Qualified as Group A Winners

Possible: Benfica, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Porto, Sevilla

Leicester City – Qualified as Group G Winners

Possible: Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Sevila

Manchester City – Qualified as Group C Runners-Up

FG declares Monday 12 December as Public Holiday

Monday, 12 December  2016 has been declared as public holiday by the Federal Government to mark muslim's festival Eid-El-Maulud (birth of prophet Mohammed).

Abdulrahman Dambazau, interior minister made this known today (Thursday) on behalf of Federal Government in Abuja.

He enjoined all Muslim to be of good character, and use the period to reflect on the lifestyle Mohammed lived while on earth.

Ekiti state governor(Mr. Fayose) wore this spiderman mask today.The governor, one of the most outspoken governors in Nigeria recently wore submitted 2017 budget in military camouflage.

Wizkid sets grammy world record

Wizkid who took home top laurels at all the continental music awards that held this year, has been listed among the nominees for 2017 Grammy awards, which will hold at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States next February.

This is a feat yet to be attained by any Nigerian hip hop artiste.

His nomination stems from his contribution to Drake’s Views album in which he was featured in the lead single, ‘One Dance’. Thus, Wizkid is nominated as a guest artiste, and producer on Drake’s views album.

The Drake’s Views Album will be competing with Adele’s ‘25’, Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’, Justin Bieber’s ‘Purpose’ and Sturgil Simpson’s ‘A sailor’s Guide To Earth’ for Album of the Year category.

Earth Gains An Extra Hour

Days on earth are getting longer as experts predicts that the earth will gain an extra hour, totaling earth hour to 25hours in a day.

But, it will take 6.7million years for the earth to gain one minute extra per day and 200million years to gain an extra hour.


The rotation of the earth is influenced by factors such as altering shape due to polar ice cap since last ice age, electromagnetic interaction between mantle and Core, changes in sea level.