Dani Alves apologises to Barcelona fans after Copa final defeat

The Brazil international has acknowledged Wednesday's loss was a big blow for the Blaugrana faithful in what has been "a very strange year" for the club

Dani Alves has apologised to Barcelona fans in the wake of their 2-1 Copa del Rey final defeat against Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Angel Di Maria gifted Madrid the lead early in the first half, before Marc Bartra levelled the scorings after the interval, but Gareth Bale eventually helped the Santiago Bernabeu side to victory with a stunning late run and finish.

Why 4-3-3 is Nigeria's best option in Brazil

Despite Stephen Keshi's recent experimentation with a 4-4-1-1, the 4-3-3 formation still represents the Super Eagles' best bet at the World Cup, according to this feature.

The 2014 World Cup, the biggest football showpiece on the planet, is not more than 64 days away.

Stephen Keshi, from taking the job until the international friendly against Italy, had been playing with a 4-3-3 formation. It was this same formation that won him the AFCON trophy 13 months ago in South Africa, and which he employed at the Confederations Cup.

AMCON’s sale of Air Nigeria planes under threat

The plan by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to sell Air Nigeria’s four medium-size planes and other assets as a last resort to recover the airline’s non-performing loans may be stalled due to legal issues, industry sources familiar with the situation have said. Specifically, it was learnt that an aviation logistics and ground handling company had been in court with Air Nigeria, asking the airline to pay about N300m for services rendered when the carrier was flying. Although judgement had been delivered in favour of Air Nigeria over the issue, it was learnt that the logistics/ ground handling firm was at an advance stage of filing an appeal.

B’Haram kills 20 in fresh Borno attacks

There seems to be no end in sight to the Boko Haram insurgency as some men believed to be members of the sect waylaid traders returning from a local market in Borno killing 18 of them. Also, a senior officer of the Department of State Security said that some hours earlier, another set of gunmen had attacked Sabon-Kasuawa in Hawul Local Government Area of the state and killed the village head and one of his guards. It was gathered that the sect attacked two buses on the Bama-Gwoza Road; and shot dead 18 traders who were returning from a market at Pulka on Tuesday at about 4pm. Pulka is Nigerian border town with Cameroon; and 119 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno state.

Funsho Williams was strangled to death – Pathologist

Lagos State Chief Forensic Pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa, on Wednesday told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere that the slain former governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Funsho Williams, was strangled to death. Six men – Bulama Kolo, Musa Maina, David Cassidy, Tunani Sonani, Mustapha Kayode and Okponwasa Imariabie – are standing trial before the court for the murder of Williams. Williams, who was to contest the 2007 governorship election in Lagos, was murdered on July 27, 2006, at his residence, 34A, Corporation Drive, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi. Obafunwa, who was testifying as a prosecution witness before Justice Adeniyi Adebajo, said the post moterm conducted on the deceased person’s body showed that this death resulted from asphyxia (lack of oxygen intake) due to “manual strangulation.” He said, “Based on our findings, the deceased’s death resulted from asphyxia or lack of air intake due to manual strangulation, and the wounds found on the deceased can be described as defence wounds.

Jonathan summons govs, service chiefs over insecurity

President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to an emergency meeting on Thursday (today) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja against the background of recent security developments in the country. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President would preside over the meeting that would start at 11am and later preside over an enlarged meeting that would be attended by state governors by 1pm. Those expected at the first meeting, according to the statement, include Vice President Namadi Sambo, Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen Aliyu Gusau (retd.); the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.); the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; the Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the State Security Services and the Director General of National Intelligence Agency.

Soldiers, hunters comb bushes for abducted girls

Soldiers, policemen, local vigilantes, hunters and volunteers combed the bushes on Wednesday in search of over 100 schoolgirls abducted on Monday by Boko Haram Islamists in Chibok, Borno State. The rescue teams, aided by surveillance helicopters, were said to have moved deeper into the vast forest that extends into neighbouring Cameroon and other states in the North-East. A senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, made this known to the Cable News Network just as President Goodluck Jonathan summoned military chiefs and governors to emergency security meetings on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Before the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made this known, the Federal Government had said it was not yet in possession of full details of the abduction of the girls from their hostel in the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok. Ten of the girls escaped from an un-identified camp used by the Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday morning. Four had earlier escaped when one of the vehicles conveying them to the camp broke down on Tuesday morning. Reuters quoted one of the escapees as saying that the insurgents deceived them into thinking they were soldiers who had come to evacuate them from their hostel to avoid being harmed.

Jonathan must show leadership, say APC govs

Governors of states under the control of the All Progressives Congress have urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to play his part as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and do whatever is necessary to protect Nigerians. The governors said this when they visited some of the victims of the Nyanya Motor Park bomb explosion at the National Hospital, Abuja. Four Boko Haram members carried out the bombing which left more than 89 people dead and over 246 others injured on Monday. The APC governors, who were led on the visit by Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, described the explosion as unfortunate and said they had decided to set up a trust fund to support the victims’ families.

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Autopsy Finally Reveals Cause Of Ultimate Warrior’s Death

An autopsy by the medical examiner’s office in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA has concluded that professional wrestler, the Ultimate Warrior, died of a heart attack brought on by cardiovascular disease.

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So Sad!!! Death has again struck in the Rivers State chapter of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, barely three months after one of its members, Ijeoma Perpetual Okorie died during childbirth. It was gathered that a member of the Guild in the state, Chrisphina Adinusor, reporter further gathered that the deceased died of cardiac arrest at about 2am on the day she gave up the ghost. Her death, according to what was gathered, came as shock to members of AGN in Rivers State because the late Chrisphina was loved by many. She was a very active member of AGN in the state, we learnt. The deceased was aged 39 and survived by a husband and children.