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                                   June Ama Okungbowa, one of the wives of late Veteran Nigerian musician and producer, Babatunde Okungbowa aka OJB Jezreel, paid a touching tribute to him and shared some of his photos via Facebook today. She wrote, “With a grateful heart to God…with praises on my lips…and thanks in my heart i thank God for the life of my Husband Babatunde Okungbowa aka OJB Jezreel. You sang and said so much about the day you would leave this world,u had no fear of death or pain, all u held onto was your love for God, ur love for your children… its a love that kept you breathing day and night, u never lost your faith in the Lord. you died a believer u died a true Christian…so i cry tears of joy for you,joy that the pain that made days horrible..the pain that made nights a torture are over. LET NO MAN TAKE GOD’S GLORY FOR YOUR LIFE…every day u lived was by the GRACE AND MER...

American-born  Nigeria shot-put thrower, Stephen Mozia has won Team Nigeria’s first medal (bronze medal) at the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championship on day one, after throwing a distance of 19.84m to finish behind the duo of‎ Jacob Engelbrecht (South Africa)and Franck Elemba (Democratic Republic of Congo) respectively. South African Engelbrecht won gold with a throw of 20.00m, while Elemba from DR Congo snatched silver with his throw of 19.89m. Another Nigerian Ogheneakpobo Efekoro finished 4th with a distance of 19.57m. 22-year-old Mozia was making his 2nd appearance at the competition having won bronze two years ago and has now increased his medals’ haul to two from two editions. In the 100m event for women, Nigerian runner Gloria Asunmu‎ is through to the final while there is no Team Nigerian representation in the men’s 100m as both Obinna Metu and Ogho-oghene Egwero did not make the trip to Durban after making the initial list.

Ikorodu United Football Club have confirmed the parting of ways by mutual consent with Sam Okpodu on 13th of June 2016. The Clu b and Manager agree the timing is right to bring the relationship to an end. The Board of Directors thank Sam Okpodu for all his hard work and wish him all the best in his future endeavours. The Club further announced the immediate replacement by Theo De Jong. Theodorus ("Theo") Jacob de Jong (born 11 August 1947 in Leeuwarden) is a former Dutch international footballer. During his career he played for NEC Nijmegen and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He earned 15 caps and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and was a member of the Dutch squad that in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final. De Jong was a member of the Feyenoord team that won the UEFA Cup in 1974, beating Tottenham Hotspur in the then two-legged final. He later played 3 seasons in Hong Kong for Seiko.

41 Nigerian men were deported from the United States for drug, police and immigration related offences today June 22nd. The deportees landed Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos at about 12pm on a chartered aircraft operated by Miami Air International. Nine of them were deported on drug related offences, 26 for police offences while six had immigration related problems.

Many Ladies Today Are Nothing But Runs Babes Remember back in the days, when we used to hear about “bottom power”; how some women screwed their way up to reckoning as either a girlfriend or someone’s kept mistress. These days stories like that may have diminished a bit due to the harsh reality of our economy. Jungle don mature, men no dey so drop for women again like before. Many men are all in hiding, running away from women, especially those carrying shopping list, invoice booklet or those who come as extra baggage with multiple choice problems. OMG Kai!!!!! Men are wiser these days I hope, I see some of them running away and toning down their womanizing tinz because e get as e be o. Especially married men. Even the bachelors are looking for sugar mummies who can take care of them and their bills. Men are on the run these days because financially, ground no level again at all. Some short time hotels are even witnessing a melt-down because it no longer makes financ...

Brenda Lee Marquez-McCool was dancing with her son Isaiah Henderson at Pulse nightclub when shots rang out over the blaring music. Instead of running away, she threw herself on her son, shielding him from shooter Omar Mateen. She died protecting her son, pictured in the middle crying. McCoo, 49, was a  two-time cancer survivor. Her sister-in-law Ada Pressley told the New York Daily News that McCool saw gunman Omar turn his assault rifle at her and her son and said: “Get down,’ to Isaiah and she got in front of him,”. She was shot dead. That’s how much she loved her kids. If it weren’t for her, he’d have been shot.”

The first son of late Nigeria captain and head coach Stephen Keshi has expressed surprise that people have been putting a date forward for his father’s burial rites without the knowledge and consent of his children. Stephen Keshi Jnr, 27, arrived at the NFF Secretariat on Wednesday morning and met with the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi. He was in company with US-based chemist and friend of late Keshi, Victor Ugoh, and former Super Eagles star Obinna Nsofor.  “I just came into Nigeria on Tuesday night, and we read in the papers today that somebody has fixed a date for the burial,” Keshi Jnr was quoted in an NFF release made available to Completesportsnigeria.com. “I’m shocked like my sisters and my brothers. Since our father died, nobody has spoken to us about how he died, and we have not even seen his corpse. Yet, someone is fixing a date for his burial!”  Thenff.com w as reliably informed that Keshi’s daughter Ifeyinwa and husband, who a...