Didier Drogba’s bid for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Association (FIF) received a further set back on Tuesday when the nation’s player association (AFI) announced it was backing a rival.

Drogba needs a nomination from one of five eligible bodies to stand. AFI was the fourth to make its choice, and, like the three that had already announced their endorsement, decided against the national team’s all-time top scorer.

AFI said it was backing current FIF vice-president Idriss Diallo, who has the backing of former internationals Bonaventure Kalou, Cyril Domoraud and Ahmed Ouattara, in the September 5 election.

“In line with the majority of its members, the board decided to grant AFI’s sponsorship to the list led by Idriss Diallo,” AFI said in a statement signed by its general secretary Aruna Dindane, another former international.

“This choice is in line with the recommendation made by two thirds of the delegates at the end of last Friday’s meeting,” said the statement.

Yaya Toure, who like his brother Kolo Toure has backed Drogba, expressed his dismay.

“Ivorian players playing in Europe are worried about the current situation and do not understand why AFI does not seem to want to give its sponsorship to Didier Drogba,” said Yaya Toure.

Of the five groups that can sponsor a candidate, four have already made their choice.

The association of coaches, like AFI, has supported Diallo. The association of former players and the association of referees are sponsoring league president Sory Diabate, who also has the backing of the country’s most-capped player Didier Zokora and former internationals Youssouf Falikou Fofana and Abdoulaye ‘Ben Badi’ Traore.

Only the society of football doctors has not yet endorsed a candidate.

A retired employee of Iran’s Defense Ministry has been hanged for providing the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with information on Iranian missiles, the Judiciary’s spokesman said.In remarks at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the spy, named Reza Askari, has been put to death for spying for the CIA.After retirement from the Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Department in 2012, the convict was connected with the CIA, sold information on the production of Iranian missiles, and received m …

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A retired employee of Iran’s Defense Ministry has been hanged for providing the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with information on Iranian missiles, the Judiciary’s spokesman said.

In remarks at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the spy, named Reza Askari, has been put to death for spying for the CIA.

After retirement from the Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Department in 2012, the convict was connected with the CIA, sold information on the production of Iranian missiles, and received money in exchange, the spokesman added.

He said Askari was under intelligence surveillance and was finally put to death last week after trial.

By: Ilobun Donald

An underwhelming Chelsea on Tuesday boosted their chances of a berth in next season’s UEFA Champions League by overcoming a slow start to beat relegated Norwich City 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Olivier Giroud scored with virtually the last touch of the first half as Chelsea consolidated third place in the English Premier League (EPL).

They moved four points above Leicester City and Manchester United in the battle for a top-four finish.

It was an eighth successive league defeat for Norwich, who were already condemned to relegation after losing to West Ham United on Saturday.

Chelsea struggled to convert their overwhelming possession into goals but deserved the three points after a diving Giroud scored from point-blank range.

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Sexual pleasure is a magical feeling that connects couples visually. Although early sex seems a shocking, long-lasting sex sometimes becomes a necessity. For beginners, the endurance of sex is most important and it will also be a healthy thing. Many times, the sex that lasts for a long time will produce a greater effect on the couple. But most people fail to enjoy permanent erotic pleasure. However, if you still want to enjoy sex to the fullest then just check the following tips.

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Nigerians have taken to social media to precise critical concern after veteran Nollywood actor, John Okafor popularly often known as Mr. Ibu posted a current picture of himself.

Mr Ibu is an actor who has all the time been identified for his potbelly, however this time, his potbelly appeared method bigger than the best way it has all the time been.

Within the picture, the actor seems like somebody pregnant with triplets or extra. His abdomen has develop into method too huge and Nigerians have taken to social media to precise their concern for the actor, stating that such enormous abdomen often comes with plenty of sophisticated issues.

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A Twitter user by name @Sabi_boyz has advised men against going into a relationship with ladies below the ages of 23 because such ladies need not be taken seriously due to their way of life.

According to him, ladies below the ages of 23 are very irresponsible dishonest, flakey and irrational to be in a relationship with.

He added that they live promiscuous life and are mostly succumb to peer pressure as their minds are not fully develop to decipher between things.

Well, I don’t agree with Mr. Influencer because we have millions of ladies within that age range who are doing well in the schools, field of work and from securing a better future than most adults. Secondly, many women could be different kinds of themselves to different men. So a girl being flaky with you, could be submitting totally to another guy. It’s women’s nature, and even 30-year-olds could be flaky.

The 37-year-old young man who loves to flaunt his ostentatious lifestyle on social media, was arraign in a court in the Northern District of Illinois yesterday.

Hushpuppi will be transported to Los Angeles by the United States Marshals Service, and will not be allowed to stay with his girlfriend’s uncle in Homewood, Illinois.

His trial is slated to hold in Los Angeles where the case was filed, rather from Chicago where the investigation is being handled, Forbes reports.

He has denied being involved in internet fraud as he claims to be a real estate investor. The primary allegation levelled by the FBI is that Abbas was part of a network that made “hundreds of millions of dollars” from business email compromise frauds and other scams.

If found guilty, Hushuppi could be spending as much as 20 years behind bars.

The federal government yesterday said that the ongoing war against insurgents and bandits was not for military and other security agents alone, hence the need for support from all and sundry to enable the country to overcome the security threats.

Also yesterday, the federal government said it was working hard to end the lingering insurgency, banditry and other criminal activities bedeviling North-east and North-west regions of the country.

The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, gave the assurance yesterday during the Nigerian Army honours and award ceremony in Faskari Local Government Area, Katsina State.

He said the federal government would continue to demonstrate political will and determination towards eradicating insurgency and other forms of criminalities in the country.

He noted that the current security challenges would soon be over, noting that the federal government was doing everything possible to tackle the menace.

He, therefore, urged Nigerian soldiers not to relent, but work assiduously until peace is restored in all troubled spots across the country to enhance development.

According to him, the ongoing war against insurgents and bandits is not for military and other security agents alone. All and sundry should support the military to overcome the security threats.

The defence minister urged the soldiers in the theatre of operations to discharge their obligations in accordance with existing laws of engagement and constitutional provisions.

He said: “Let me use this opportunity to reiterate Mr. President’s absolute determination towards achieving success in the fight against insurgents and other forms of criminalities in the country.

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“I urge you not to rest but continue to work assiduously towards containing the lingering threats to our national security until peace and security is restored to all troubled spots in this country.

“We will continue to demonstrate the political will and determination to ensure that insurgency and other criminalities are totally eradicated in our dear country,” the defence minister said.

Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, said the country had in the last decade witnessed unprecedented security challenges.

He said the nation’s capital was also subjected to frequent bombing attacks while major cities like Kano, Kaduna, Jos and Maiduguri were also not spared from the deadly attacks.

He, however, said the measures taken under his leadership in the last five years, had tremendously enhanced the security of lives and properties of the citizenry in cities hitherto captured by the insurgents.

Some 600 Boko Haram members were freed in Nigeria on Monday after they regretted their membership and completed a rehabilitation and reintegration program.

Bamidele Shafa, spokesperson for the Nigerian military’s Operation Safe Corridor, said members of the terror group who were caught in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states had sworn an oath of allegiance to the Republic of Nigeria.

Shafa said the freed men will not rejoin Boko Haram and that 1,400 other Boko Haram fighters who renounced their membership were released previously.

He said 280 terrorists were now at the rehabilitation center.

Boko Haram terrorist attacks have killed over 30,000 people and displaced about 3 million since July 2009, when the violence started in the country’s northeast states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe across an area roughly the size of Belgium.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, SCOOPER, reported that 356 Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram have tendered their resignation.

The soldiers wrote a letter to the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, seeking voluntary retirement over “loss of interest”.

Quoting the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/rating/airmen (Revised) 2017, the soldiers asked for approval to leave the Nigeria Army due to low morale and poor welfare for them and their families by the army.

It is a hard time for the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, as more damning revelations have continued to confine him in murky waters.

A fresh report by the presidential probe panel grilling the embattled anti-corruption chief has accused him of using christian clerics to funnel huge sums of monies abroad. Magu who is being detained by the police in Abuja, is presently being interrogated by retired Justice Ayo Salami-led panel.

A copy of the report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Saturday in Abuja disclosed that the founder of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry, Abuja, Dr Emmanuel Omale was used by Magu to launder funds.

Omale’s name was uncovered through an investigative report on EFCC’s activities by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and mentioned in the final report of the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA).

The report indicated that the relatively unknown pastor suspiciously purchased a landed property in Dubai, UAE worth N573 million of behalf of Magu.

“Another individual who is helping in laundering funds for the Acting Chairman and who has been referred to in several petitions is one Pastor Emmanuel Omale of the Hand of God Prophetic Ministry.

“He’s reported to have travelled to Dubai with Mr Magu, and his name was used in purchasing a property in Dubai for Mr Magu.

“As an unknown pastor, the NFIU’s report showed the huge movement of funds ranging from N573,228,040.41,” the report said.