Angry parents beat up headmaster over poor examination result in Kenya

Yonah Oyugi, the headmaster of Uradi Primary School in Kisumu West, Kenya is nursing serious injuries after angry parents attacked him over poor examination result.

According to Kenyans Ke,  the incident took place during a crucial closed-door meeting with parents and the school officials.

The parents were said to have accused the school of posting poor results after the top student scored 238 out of 500 marks in the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education.

27 students sat for the exam but only four scored over 200, with the last candidate scoring 87 marks.

They also accused the head teacher of insulting them and their children, including claims that he had mismanaged funds meant for student development.

“Since he took over in 2010, the school’s performance has continually dropped. In last year’s exams, not even a single student scored the average 250 marks, with the majority scoring below 170 marks,” one of the parents said.

Following a disagreement, at the meeting, the angry parents got into a fight with the headmaster. They attacked him with stones and chairs, leaving him with serious injuries.

Mohamed Salah crowned as 'African Player of Year' at CAF Awards (Full List)

Egyptian playmaker Mohamed Salah etched his name into football history after being crowned African Player of the Year 2017. The 25-year old, who plays for English side Liverpool picked the topmost prize at the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017, held on Thursday, 4 January 2018, at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.

Salah fended off opposition from club-mate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, winner in 2015. He polled 625 points, against 507 from Mane whilst Aubameyang finished a distant third with 311 points.


Salah’s feat was the climax of a memorable evening for Egyptian football which saw the Pharaohs being named National Team of the Year and Argentina-born trainer, Hector Cuper, Coach of the Year.

Nigerian Asisat Oshoala was adjudged Women’s Player of the Year for the third time, after 2014 and 2016. She beat Cameroonian Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestina Kgatlana of South Africa to the top prize.

There were also musical performances from Toofan from Togo, DR Congo’s Fally Ipupa, and Nigerian septet of Patoranking, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Phyno and Flavour.

Full list of winners:

African Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Women’s Player of the Year
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)

Youth Player of the Year
Patson Daka (Zambia & Liefering)

Coach of the Year
Hector Cuper (Egypt)

Club of the Year
Wydad Athletic Club

National Team of the Year
Egypt

Women’s National Team of the Year
South Africa

Legend
Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana)

Platinum Award
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President of Ghana
George Weah – President-elect of Liberia & former World, Africa and European Player of the Year

Fans’ Finest XI
Goalkeeper: Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia & Etoile du Sahel)
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Egypt & Al Ahly), Eric Bailly (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester United), Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)
Midfielders: Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feyenoord), Junior Ajayi (Nigeria & Al Ahly), Achraf Bencharki (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Morocco & Yeni Malatyaspor), Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)

Serena Williams officially withdraws from Australian Open, says she isn't ready yet

Tennis champion and new mom, Serena Williams, has withdrawn from the Australian Open ... saying she's not quite ready to compete on a tournament level after just giving birth on September 1, 2017 to her beautiful daughter.

Serena lost her first match on Dec. 30, 2017, losing 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 to Latvian Jelena Ostanpenko in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.

In her post-match comments she said:

“I don’t think I am going to rate my performance. I have plenty of comebacks, from injuries, from surgeries, but I’ve never had a comeback after actually giving birth to a human being. So, in my eyes, I feel it was a wonderful, wonderful match for me.”

”I don’t know if I am totally ready to come back on the tour yet. I know that when I come back I definitely want to be competing for championships,” Williams said. “I am definitely looking forward to getting back out there. I am taking it one day at a time. I am going to assess everything with my team before deciding.”

She confirmed that she would be staying home from the tournament in a Snapchat post on Thursday, saying, “I’m not where I personally want to be” and that she is “disappointed” to have to make this announcement.

"After performing in my first match after giving birth I realized that although I am super close I'm not where I personally want to be." 

"My coach and team always said 'Only go to tournaments when you are prepared to go all the way.'"

As for the Australian Open, she says she looks forward to coming back and competing another time.

Neyo and his wife are Expecting another baby

Neyo is about to become a father again. The singer and his wife were spotted on new year's eve having dinner at Catch LA in West Hollywood and his wife was heavy.

This will be Neyo's second child with his wife Crystal Renay and his 4th child in all. He had two kids with his ex Monyetta -- Madilyn Grace, 7, and their son, Mason Evan, 6, -- then decided he didn't want any more kids again, so he made Monyetta tie her tubes while claiming he was also going to get a vasectomy done so he too couldn't have kids. He never got that done.

Now, he's dumped Monyetta and is busy having kids and making a new life with Crystal while Monyetta can't have any more kids. His son with Crystal, Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr, is 1. The sex of the second child they are expecting haven't been revealed.

Neyo's ex, Monyetta and her kids

Emmanuel Adebayor takes custody of his late brother's son and names him Junior Emmanuel Adebayor

Former Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has taken custody of his late brother's son who he has named Junior Emmanuel Adebayor.

The 33-year-old, who already has a seven-year-old daughter called Kendra made the announcement via his Instagram account.

Sharing a photo of both of them dining together, he wrote on Instagram: 'Whoever knows me knows my elder brother, Peter Adebayor who is no longer with us.

'Here is his son and today I declare him as my first son. Let me introduce you to my first son. His name is Junior Emmanuel Adebayor. Blessings.'

Adebayor who currently plays for Turkish league leaders Istanbul Basaksehir, lost his elder brother Peter in July 2013, leaving his son behind.

His late brother, Peter was among his family members who he accused of witchcraft and repeated plots to extort him of his hard earn money.

At that time, the footballer admitted that he almost committed suicide and revealed that another brother, Kola, accused him of causing Peter's death.

Four People Stabbed To Death in London New Year Eve Knife Violence

At least four young men were stabbed to death in unrelated incidents in London on New Year’s Eve, while a fifth is in a critical condition in hospital.

 The unusually concentrated spate of violence adds to the growing concerns about knife crime in London which is at its highest level for five years.  At least 80 people were killed in stabbings in London in 2017, more than half of them under the age of 25.

 Detectives launched four separate murder investigations into the overnight attacks, which took place away from the city centre, where more than 100,000 people had gathered to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks and five men have been arrested, police said.

 “It is heart-breaking that, at a time when so many of us are contemplating what lies ahead in 2018, four families are dealing with the grief of losing a loved one to senseless violence and the callous use of knives as lethal weapons,” said police commander Neil Jerome.

 Police registered almost 12,100 knife attacks in London in the year to March 2017, which left more than 4,400 people injured the highest figures in five years.

Will Smith celebrates 20th wedding anniversary with Jada Pinkett

Multiple award winning actor, singer and comedian, Will Smith celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith on December 31, 2017.

The Hollywood star in a lengthy and emotional message wrote, 

20 Years Ago Today we held hands and walked naively down that aisle. Here’s what I’ve learned since.

Love is Like Gardening... I have learned to focus on HELPING you to BLOSSOM into what YOU want to be (into what you were born to be)... Rather than Demanding that you become what my Fragile Ego needs you to be.

I’ve learned to take pleasure in Nourishing YOUR dreams... Rather than wrestling with you to Fulfill my Selfish Needs & Satiate My Insecurities.

I have learned that
Love is Listening.
Love is Giving.
Love is Freedom.

Happy Anniversary, My Queen! I am forever Devoted to Nurturing your Deepest Truth.