Ninjasta.blogspot.com.ng: May 2017

Saturday, 6 May 2017

MESSI REJECTS BARCELONA NEW DEAL

- Lionel Messi has rejected a contract extension from Barcelona

- La Pulga's current deal with the club expires in the summer of 2018

- It is believed Messi still wants a new contract to stay with Barca - The Spanish club had offered Messi a worth €30m to €35m-a-season Barcelona's first €30m to €35m-a-season contract offer to star player Lionel Messi has been rejected.

The player and club have been locked in negotiations for a contract extension with La Pulga's current deal expiring in the summer of 2018.

Various reports claim Messi could leave the Nou Camp should a deal fail to materialise with PSG, Manchester City looking at the possiblity of signing the player.

AS however reports that Messi does not want to leave Barca and is still intent on signing a new deal but he wants an increase on the offer from the Catalans.

The 29-year-old was offered a figure of €30m to €35m-a-season but after discussions with his father and agent, Jorge, it was rejected.Messi is in no rush to sign a new deal and understands the financial situation at the club who offered new deals to Luis Suarez and Neymar in recent times.

Messi however wants his status as the club's most important player to be reflected in the next contract proposed.

The attacker who has been the best player in the world this season has led his club to the final
of the Copa Del Rey and first in La Liga but Real Madrid remain in pole position with a game in
hand.

IFEANYI UBAH ARRESTED OVER #11BN OIL THEFT AND DIVERSION

Ifeanyi Ubah, the managing director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS).

In a statement issued on Saturday, May 6, by its spokesman, Tony Opuiyo, it said the oil magnate was in its custody over his alleged engagements in acts which the security outfit described as inimical to national security. Ubah who was arrested on Friday was accused of stealing, diversion and illegal sale of petroleum products stored in his tank farm by the Nigeria Petroleum Products Corporation(NNPC)

Opuiyo said such acts amounted to economic sabotage and had the capacity to negatively impact on national economy.

The statement read: “It is instructive to note that UBAH has further engaged in other activities inimical to national security and public order. In furtherance of his gimmicks to undermine the government and people of Nigeria, he has incited members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), a critical player in the downstream sub-sector of the Petroleum Industry, to refuse/stop the lifting of products.

“This is part of his plans to curry their sentiments and cause them to embark on strike and also stage protests in his favour with the ulterior motive of arm-twisting the NNPC to abandon the cause of recovering the stolen products.

“The implications of this on law and order is, in fact, a common knowledge. It is consequent upon this that the Service arrested and will prosecute him forthwith.

” Opuiyo assured the public that the service would collaborate with appropriate agencies bring to book individuals or companies involved in any criminal act that undermines the nation’s economy.

Friday, 5 May 2017

80,000 BASE STATIONS NEEDED IN NIGERIA

NIGERIA needs at least seventy to eighty thousand telecommunication base stations to actualize her dream of joining the club of countries working toward making Internet of Things (IoT) a reality by leveraging 4G and 5G networks.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who made this known at a sitting of the House Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee investigating the health implications of mounting telecommunications masts close to building, yesterday in Abuja, said the country currently has less than 50,000 base stations.

“3G, 4G going to 5G networks are going to usher this country into smart applications, the Internet of Things or the smart world and cities we are talking about. And of course because of the additional burden on infrastructure, the present capacity of telecom infrastructure is grossly inadequate to cater for these additional platforms or services we talk about. Therefore we will need from 70,000 to 80,000 base transceiver masts to be able to provide the effective capacity that’s needed to deploy 4G going to 5G,” he said while responding to questions from members of the ad hoc committee. He later called on other approving agencies at all levels of government in the country to synergize with NCC with a view to achieving the target, noting that the United Kingdom (UK), with a population of almost one third of Nigeria already has close to 60,000 masts. On concerns about health implications to exposure to electromagnetic field, Danbatta said researches so far conducted in the area have not indicated any adverse health concerns. “With regards to other professional bodies like Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) we don’t have any quarrel with their positions. The only question is when we say exposure to electromagnetic field is hazardous to health what level are we talking about? We have to define the level of exposure that is hazardous to human beings. “Of course if you generate a massive electromagnetic field of unprecedented proportion and put a person inside, there will be medical consequences. But what we are saying is that: provided the limit specified is observed and NCC is there to ensure compliance with that limit, there is no health hazard. There is a limit of safety below which electromagnetic fields do not cause any harm to health,” he explained.

PRESIDENT BUHARI PRAYS AT ASO ROCK MOSQUE

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday prayed at the Aso presidential Villa, Mosque.

This is coming weeks after he had not been sighted in public. President Buhari, the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar and Magajin Gari of Daura Alhaji Musa Umar at the Eid-El-Kabir Prayer in Daura Katsina on 12th Sep 2016 He was dressed in white flowing gown. His appearance at the mosque is expected to douse tense about his whereabouts as he has not been seen in public for some time now. The President was seen waving and exchanging pleasantries with other worshipers.

Monday, 1 May 2017

Ancelotti Becomes 1st Coach To Win Four Different Leagues

As Bayern Munich’s procession to the Bundesliga title climaxed with 6-0 thumping of Wolfsburg, manager Carlo Ancelotti celebrated a milestone of his own.

The veteran Italian boss has now claimed the league title in four of Europe’s ‘big five’ divisions.

Ancelotti won the Scudetto with AC Milan in 2003/04, the Premier League during his Chelsea tenure in 2009/10 and Ligue 1 with the might of PSG in 2012/13. His most recent triumph with Bayern became an inevitability as the Bavarian’s Bundesliga rivals fell by the wayside. Ancelotti’s men lifted their five successive league title but which other managers have tasted similar levels of success across Europe? Jose Mourinho is unsurprisingly in the picture having won the league in every country he has worked. The Manchester United boss burst onto the scene with Porto, before lifting trophies with Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. The Portuguese is the only one of Ancelotti’s contemporaries to still be managing in Europe’s top divisions though Ernst Happel, Tomislav Ivic and legendary Italian Giovanni Trappattoni also enjoyed huge success across Europe. But the well-travelled Ancelotti sets the benchmark for well-travelled managers. Having cut his teeth with Reggiana and Parma, a move to Juventus followed and the 57-year-old has found himself in charge of Europe’s elite ever since. Famed for his calm demenour and ability to control a dressing room full of superstars, the former Italy international seems perfectly tailored for a place at the helm of heavyweight sides.

AJ earns £15m for beating Klitschko

Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening.

Britain’s Anthony Joshua (R) throws a punch at Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko during the ninth round of their IBF, IBO and WBA, world Heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium in north west London on April 29, 2017. / AFP The Brit stopped his 41-year-old opponent in the 11th round at Wembley Stadium in what was one of the best heavyweight title bouts the sport has witnessed in years.

And as well soaking up the glory in the ring, Joshua’s bank balance will also get a huge shot in the arm. Both fighters were already guaranteed at least £10million from the 50/50 purse split and that figure could push towards £15million on the back of record pay-per-view sales. The fight cost £19.95 on Sky Sports Box Office and promoter Eddie Hearn said before the bout that it could eclipse the record 1.15million buys for Ricky Hatton v Floyd Mayweather in 2007. The pair fought in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium and shortly before the pair got it on it was worth around £42million and pay-per-view sales of 1.5million would swell that figure to £48million. The fight will be worth at least twice as much as the previous richest fight in Britain, Carl Froch’s rematch with George Groves at Wembley in 2014, which made just over £22million. Tony Bellew’s grudge match with David Haye, which was a non-title fight, is understood to have raked in 880,000 pay-per-view buys and Joshua-Klitschko has even more appeal. Gate receipts from the 90,000 sell-out crowd – a post-war British record – will generate £8million, with German and US TV rights contributing a combined £6.3million.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/aj-earns-15m-beating-klitschko/Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening.

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Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/aj-earns-15m-beating-klitschko/Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/aj-earns-15m-beating-klitschko/

Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/aj-earns-15m-beating-klitschko/

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