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Alhassan who? To the international community and other sports enthusiasts at home, the name Alhassan sounds strange and is relatively unknown yet to some especially fans of Akwa United of Akwa Ibom State and Wikki Tourist the name surely rings a bell. The highest scoring midfielder in the league surely and undoubtedly the Frank Lampard of the Nigerian Professional Football League, with ten goals in a league as tough and exhaustive as ours. Nicknamed Mu'azam and once called the "new Kanu" by former Sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi. He was part of the Manu Garba team but was dropped after he failed the mandatory MRI scan and he subsequently missed participating in the U-17 world cup where Iheanacho, Isaac Success, Taiwo Awoniyi, and the likes conquered the world. He returned to the team two years later when they graduated to U-20 but after a bit part role at the Africa Youth Championship. He was dropped from the World Cup squad. It is also worthy to note that th...

Time To Think, Think Again and Act. I write on this topic because day by day, match day after match day,in England, Spain,Germany, infact all over Europe. As the season finally and gradually comes to an end, one question on the lips of every ardent follower, fan and lover of football more so the super eagle of Nigeria would have lots of thinking, calculating and wishes will be the order of the day which will pan into weeks and months and would be the basis for argument among the rich,poor,adults,youths and children alike on the streets,parks,restaurants, beer parlours, newspaper stands and any of such place where people can interact, even in front of religious houses after religious service. It is was observable that during the course of the football year or season, one thing that made us always staying glued to our televisions, searching social media and visiting sports I mean football websites has always and almost been to track the players with Nigerian roots, whether in the natio...

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Khloe Kardashian sued by Paparazzi Agency for posting a photo of herself on Instagram Khloé Kardashian has been accused of copyright infringement and sued by paparazzi agency Xposure, for sharing a photo of herself on Instagram. According to the federal lawsuit Khloe removed the copyright information from one of their photos and shared it on her page without giving them credit for it. The photo was taken when Khloe was dining with her older sister Kourtney Kardashian, at the Miami restaurant Komodo in September 2016 by photographer Manual Munoz. The photo was then licensed to the Daily Mail as an exclusive. According to court documents, Xposure Photos is suing Khloe for $150,000 in damages. Xposure Photos claims that the company would have profited from the photos if Khloe hadn't shared them on her account. "Kardashian's Instagram post made the photograph immediately available to her nearly 67 million followers and others, consumers of entertainment news — and espe...

ITU MOURNS! Ikot Offiong Unleash Terror on Oku Iboku -12 Corpses Recovered Gunmen suspected to have been mobilised by the people of Ikot Offiong in Odukpani local government area of Cross River State have again unleashed terror on the citizens of Oku Iboku in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom state with dozens of people killed on the waterways that serve as boundary between the two sister states. Findings from my source, THISDAY, revealed that twelve corpses of those murdered have been recovered while many are yet to be seen in the attack recorded on Friday. Sources said the victims, mainly women and fishermen, were ambushed and attacked by the gunmen who invaded the territory without any resistance as they embarked on their normal daily farming and fishing businesses. The attack, it was learnt, took place within the Western flank of the Cross River bank of the River where the defunct Oku Iboku paper mill had its jetty. Sources said the gunmen went to the area with more tha...