Vincent Kompany's 2yr old son hijacks his twitter account & tweets nursery rhyme compilation

Manchester City captain and defender Vincent Kompany's son managed to hijack his phone and flooded his Twitter timeline with nursery rhymes and links to nursery rhyme videos. The defender's fans, who didn't know a 2 year old was behind the tweets, started asking him if he was OK...lol.

Company later came on Twitter to clarify the tweets, attributing them to his two year old son. But can a 2 year old do this? See more tweets after the cut...

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Dele Momodu replies Davido shares pic of him at the airport

Apparently, Davido and his family tried to travel out of the country with his daughter last night and the Momodus managed to stop them at the airport. See more of Dele's instagram posts after the cut..

Nigerian musician Davido rips into his baby mama on instagram

Davido came for his babymama, Sophia Momodu and her uncle Dele Momodu on his instagram page. See more after the cut...

Reckless mum dangles two babies and toddler on a motorbike

Frightening footage that has been shared several times showed a reckless mum dangling her three young children off a motorbike while travelling along a busy road in Colombia.
The mother holds a youngster in each arm while the other child is sat squashed between its parents.

None of the family of five is wearing a helmet or any safety gear as they ride in traffic.

The footage was sent in to Columbian TV news site Noticias Caracol by outraged viewer Leonel Martinez.

He called on authorities to take action against the parents.

Lionel Messi wins Best Player of the Year award in Dubai

Lionel Messi won the Best Player of the Year award at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai last night and he's the overwhelming favorite to scoop the Ballon d'or 2015 best player of the year award in January.

The Argentina and Barcelona forward, scored 58 goals as Barcelona enjoyed a memorable treble-winning campaign last season winning the Copa del rey, Champions league and La liga title.

'It's very nice to receive these awards, but I always say that the team makes it possible,' said Messi. 'It's been an extraordinary year.'

Other players like Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo were also honoured at the awards Ceremony in Dubai.

The Award winners in full;
GLOBE SOCCER AWARDS IN DUBAI WINNERS 2015
Best Player of the Year 2015 - Lionel Messi
Best Club 2015 - Barcelona
Best President 2015 - Josep Maria Bartomeu
Best Media Attraction in Football - Barcelona
Player Career Award- Frank Lampard
Player Career Award - Andrea Pirlo
Best Agent 2015 - Jorge Mendes
Best Coach 2015 - Marc Wilmots
Best Academy 2015 - Benfica
Best GCC Player 2015 - Yasir Al-Shahrani
Best Referee 2015 - Ravshan Irmatov

Brilliant Ighalo breaks Watford record

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Odion Ighalo has set history as the first Watford player to score in five consecutive in the English Premier League.

The Super Eagles forward was on target against Chelsea in Saturday’s English topflight encounter.

Ighalo was not closed down as he dribbled into the box and his left-footed strike deflected off Cahill, wrong-footing Courtois and sneaking inside the near post.

“We fought to the end. We knew we would get something from the game if we kept on like that,” he said after the game.

His brace against Liverpool last week saw him equal Deeney’s record few days after becoming the Hornets’ highest goalscorer ever in the English Premier League.

The 26-year-old now boasts of 13 goals in 18 appearances for his side this season has weighed in with two assists.

The Nigerian has a record of 115.5 minutes per goal in the English top-flight this term.

Arsenal lurch between hope and despair as Southampton wins 4 - 0 against Arsenal

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Arsene Wenger's side are still best-placed to win the Premier League title but they were served a wake-up call in the form of an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Southampton.

 Arsenal tend to lurch between extremes, but even by their standards the 4-0 defeat to Southampton on Boxing Day was an embarrassment that blew the Premier League title race wide open.

The Gunners were swatted aside just days after their impressive victory over their biggest title rivals Manchester City in a result that summed up a boom and bust season in the top flight. 

Arsenal’s defeat should not be over-analysed because Arsene Wenger’s side are still best-placed to win the title, sitting two points behind leaders Leicester who also lost on Saturday away at Liverpool. 

Just as the defeat to City did not mean that Premier League glory was a certainty, nor does their defeat on the south coast destroy their hopes.
But fans of the north London club have been served a reminder that this is Arsenal, the team that lurches more than any other between hope and despair.

Chicago 'Black Christmas' protesters march against police violence

Several hundred protesters against police killings of black men marched on Thursday along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step down and aiming to disrupt Christmas Eve shopping in a glittering, upscale commercial area.

The demonstration was peaceful, but after the main march concluded, police scuffled with a few dozen protesters who were trying to block the entrance to an H&M store and to obstruct traffic both ways on Michigan Avenue, a major thoroughfare.

During the march, demonstrators chanted "Sixteen shots and a cover-up," protesting the year-long delay in bringing murder charges against police officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed Laquan McDonald in October 2014 as the black teenager walked away from police, according to footage of the incident.

Shoppers and tourists mostly took in their stride Thursday's protest, which was not as big as a 2,000-person march on "Black Friday" Nov. 27, which blocked traffic into several Michigan Avenue stores.

"I think it's a good reminder, especially on Christmas Eve, that it's not all about gifts and the commercialization of Christmas," said Barbara Hutchinson, 64, from St. Louis.

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Miracle baby whose life support was turned off makes amazing recovery

A couple who said a final farewell to their baby daughter as her life support machine was turned off told of her miracle recovery. Francesca and Lee Moore-Williams, 41 and 44, cried as they held Bella’s hand and took one final photograph before her ventilator was switched off. 
The couple even signed a Do Not Resuscitate form meaning no special measures would be taken to keep her alive.

But just 30 minutes after their heartbreaking goodbye the 18-month-old tot, who doctors had given up for dead, began kicking and screaming.

Bella’s has continued to recover and five months on she is well enough to celebrate Christmas with her family at home.
Dad-of-two Lee said:

“I was holding her hand knowing there was going to be a little last breath. “I could feel her hand dropping and it went down but then she started gripping my finger. “She started moving on her own and then her machine started going off. “The doctors then changed everything to try and keep her alive.”

Francesca added:

“It’s just amazing. It’s like we have won the lottery. “She made our family complete and it now i’s great to see how well she is doing. “When she says ‘mama’ it melts my heart.”

Bella’s parents first became concerned about their daughter’s heath when she started losing clumps of hair in April. Just three months later her condition took a turn for the worse during a family holiday in Gran Canaria.
She was rushed to hospital one day after returning to the UK and tests showed she was critically ill. Bella was admitted to intensive care where an MRI scan showed abnormalities across both sides of her brain.

On July 21 Francesca and Lee said an emotional final goodbye to their daughter after taking prints of her hands and feet as a memento. They also took a final picture together with their son Bobby, five, before the ventilator was switched off. Francesca explained:

“The whole family came in one by one to say their goodbyes. “I just kept sitting there thinking ‘why us’. It was heart wrenching. “I will never, ever forget that moment where I had to say goodbye to my daughter.”

Just 30 minutes later Bella’s oxygen levels recovered to 100 per cent and her parents were told she would survive. She was later diagnosed with the genetic disorder Biotinidase deficiency, which is so rare it affects just one in every 60,000 births.

Sufferers of the condition do not produce enough biotin - a vitamin which is essential for healthy cell growth.
The deficiency can be fatal if left untreated but will now be managed safely with tablets.
Sales worker Francesca added:

“From the day that we were told that she was going to survive - I haven’t cried since. “I’m frozen with emotion because I cried so much through such a traumatic period that I have nothing more to give. “It’s going to take me time to get over the ordeal - we were just sat there waiting for her to take her final breath.”

Bella, who will be two in January, is now learning to walk and talk and her hair is growing back. Experts say she is around eight months behind other children her age but she is expected to catch up. Francesca said:

“She’s at nursery and to look at her you wouldn’t think she’s been through what she has. “Her body was slowly shutting down but she’s obviously a strong little fighter.

Source: Mirror Online

Star Wars actor, John Boyega was one of the last people to see Damilola Taylor alive, says Richard Taylor

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star, John Boyega was close friends with Damilola Taylor and according to Taylor's father, Boyega was one of the last people to see his son alive. Damilola was killed just a few days to his 11th birthday by two brothers, Danny and Ricky Preddie, aged 12 and 13 at the time, in south London.

Richard Taylor disclosed this in an interview with the mirror, adding that the 23-year-old actor and his sister Grace were both close to young Damilola.

 

Damilola (pictured left) with John and Grace, 13 at the time (blurred, on the right) in CCTV footage taken shortly before he died

 "John and Grace were looking after Damilola when he arrived in the UK, because they went to school together. The three of them were captured in the CCTV recording that the police used when they asked people to come forward to assist with the investigation.

 

"Grace became so close to Damilola – it was almost like boyfriend and girlfriend."

He added: "They were the last to see him. They wanted to escort him home, but he said he was going to be OK. They left him by the junction then he went around the corner and the gang were waiting for him."

Mr Taylor recently found out that John Boyega had nominated the Damilola Taylor Trust to receive a donation from the film’s launch.

"I was overwhelmed. It filled me with joy."

He said Boyega’s success makes him wonder about how his own son’s future could have unfolded.

Kanye West praises Kim Kardashian for releasing Kimoji

Kanye West took to twitter to publicly praise his wife for successfully breaking the Internet once again - with her Kimoji app, which temporarily broke the Apple app yesterday after it was launched...

Argentine fan spits on Lionel Messi at airport

An Argentine fan who also supports River Plate of Argentina reportedly spat on Lionel Messi on Sunday evening after his club Barcelona celebrated winning the Club World Cup title in Japan where he scored in the 3-0 win. While heading through the Narita International Airport in Tokyo, he was allegedly abused by an irate fan.

According to Spanish magazine Marca, Messi, who some football fans in Argentina don't like because they feel he shows more loyalty and zeal towards Barcelona than Argentina, was about to confront the fan when teammates Mascherano, Luis Suarez and coach Luis Enrique came to calm down the arising tension.

Kenya mocks Nigeria on National TV over the use of Ladder to climb down the Plane

This is over the use of a ladder to climb down the plane saga that happened in an airport in Nigeria yesterday. Seriously, I don't blame them for laughing. It's pathetic.

Miss Spain emerges as winner of Miss World 2015

Mireia Lalaguna Royo, a 23-year-old model from Barcelona, won the international beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday in Sanya, China.

 "Just because I am beautiful on the outside does not mean I am not beautiful on the inside, too," she said, after she won.

A total of 114 women competed. Miss Russia, Sofia Nikitchuk, 22, placed second, while Miss Indonesia, Maria Harfanti, 23, came in third place. Miss Jamaica, Sanneta Myrie, 24, and Miss Lebanon,Valerie Abou Chacra, 23, were in the top five.

Obama appoints Nigerian journalist as US Human Trafficking Council advocate

US President Barack Obama has appointed Nigerian-American journalist and anti-human trafficking advocate, Bukola Oriola as a member of the US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.

In a statement by the office of the Press Secretary of the White House on December 16, Obama said he was honoured that Oriola and 10 others appointed to serve in the council have decided to serve the country.

“They bring their years of experience and expertise to this Administration, and I look forward to working with them,” Obama stated. 

The White House statement added that Oriola, has served as an independent consultant, speaker, and author on human trafficking issues since 2009.

She founded The Entian Story in 2013, a non-profit organization which advocates for survivors of human trafficking and domestic abuse after her personal experience when she relocated from Nigeria to the US.

5 killed, 7 injured in the clash between IPOB, MASSOB and JTF in Onitsha

Five people were shot dead while seven others sustained various injuries  at the Niger Bridge Head, when members of the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, clashed with the Joint Task Force, JTF, which comprised of the  Army and the Police, yesterday.

Four of the victims shot dead were members of both IPOB and MASSOB, while one person is said to be a soldier, who was grabbed by the  mob, angry with the way soldiers opened fire on the jubilating crowd that included non pro-Biafra agitators, and fell four of them before they ran, leaving the victims behind.
All the markets around the Niger Bridge Head, including the Bridge Head Market, Onitsha Patent and Propitiatory Medicine Dealers Market (Ogbo Ogwu Market) and other markets located around the bridge, including Abada Market were quickly shut down, following sporadic shooting by the military to scare the jubilant crowd away.

An eye-witness at the Onitsha Head Bridge, who was coming from Asaba end of the bridge, said the Biafra agitators were said to be marching on the road near the River Niger Bridge, chanting solidarity songs in jubilation of the release of Nnamdi Kanu, when they were accosted by the soldiers, who ordered them to go back, an altercation occurred which made the soldiers allegedly open fire on them.
Another version of the story was that, the pro-Biafra agitators and those sympathetic to their cause, were jubilating, singing and dancing near the bridge, the soldiers who had been guiding the bridge since the last shooting, got incensed by the jubilation and opened fire on the protesters which caused the death of unarmed protesters.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ali Okechukwu confirmed the clash and accused the pro-Biafra agitators of mobilizing over I00 of their members to launch attack on the soldiers at the Niger Bridge Head and even tried to dispossess them of their guns.

Speaking on the incident, leader of MASSOB, Mr. Uchenna Madu said the news of the release of Mr. Kanu elicited singing, dancing and jubilation in Onitsha and other ‘Biafran’ lands and those in Onitsha took their dance to Chukwemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu plaque at the Niger Bridge Head and out of envy, and  because of the singing and dancing, and banters they were throwing with one another, the soldiers, who mounted a road-block there, opened fire on the dancing protesters and killed four.
He said that no amount of intimidation, harassment and killing of their members will make them resort to violence, adding that “the military is doing all sorts of things to push us into violence, but we will never do that because that is what has been setting us free in all the harassment and intimidation we have been going through.”


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YouTube star, 15, arrested for sexually exploiting girl, 12

YouTube star Steven Fernandez, 15, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly exploiting a 12-year-old female for sexual acts.
According to TMZ, the 15-year-old skateboard star and social media guru allegedly promised to introduce the young girl to celebrities in exchange for sex acts. The young girl agreed and an sexual act was committed.
Police said Fernandez was the 'prime mover' in the conspiracy to lure young girls off the street.

LAPD also arrested his manager Jose Barajas, 22 and another skater, 27-year-old Keelan Dadd for helping with the exploitation.

They were all booked on charges of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 - a felony punishable by up to eight years in prison.

Barajas’ bail was set at $475,000 and Dadd’s at $200,000. Both men have bailed out.

Fernandez, as a minor, was released to his mother and ordered to wear an ankle tracker, pending his court appearance.

Jose Mourinho sacked as Chelsea manager

The Portuguese boss was sacked this afternoon after club owner Roman Abramovich and board had series of emergency meetings last night. Mourinho's last match in charge was the disastrous 2-1 loss to Leicester city and with rumours of player unrest in the media, the club have acted and sacked him.
Abramovich could be forced to pay Mourinho more than £40million after the Portuguese manager signed a four-year deal this summer. Guus Hiddink could be lined up as the next replacement.
 
Mourinho lost support within the Chelsea hierarchy after his bust-up with former club doctor Eva Carneiro during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on the opening day of the season.
Stars of last season’s campaign including Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic and Cesar Azpilicueta have been criticized by their manager in front of their peers, leading to splits in the camp.
This was Mourinho's second spell in charge of Chelsea and he was sorely disappointed with his players after Chelsea's 9th loss of the season to Leicester.
After the game,he told the press;
'Sometimes I find myself thinking last season I did an amazing job, brought players to a level not their level. If this is true I brought to such a level they couldn't keep for more than super-motivation to be leading. That is one possibility.'“One of my best qualities is that I can read the game and identify the strengths of the opponent and tell my players what they are,” Mourinho said. “So it it is a big frustration to accept the goals because my work was betrayed, if that is the right word.
 “I worked four days in this match. I prepared everything related to the opponent. I identify four movements where they scored almost every their goals.
 “My players got all that information in last three days, you can ask them, they are honest guys who will tell you it is true.
 “But in the situations I identify, we concede the first and second goal. The mistakes were there.”
 Despite his decision to publicly criticise his players for failing to stick to the game plan, Mourinho insisted he was ready to fight on as manager.
 “The only thing I can say is that I want to be (the manager.)” Mourinho said. “I have no doubts and I think that you know me well enough, six years here, that I am not afraid of a big challenge.
 “At this moment, it is a real big challenge and I want to stay. I hope Mr Abramovich and the board want me to stay.
 “I know that the board wants the best for this club. I would like the board to analyse the situation, the budget, the balance of the club and what they were expecting.”
With Chelsea now hovering just one point above the relegation zone,the club's board decided to act.
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Serena Williams stuns at the Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson Of the Year induction

Serena Williams stepped out in a sheer gown for her induction as Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson Of the Year in Manhattan, NY on Tuesday. Her older sister, Venus Williams was also present to render her support.