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Embattled President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Aminu Maigari has reportedly been arrested by the State Security Service agent in Abuja. Mr Maigari is said to have been arrested today August 26th alongside Musa Amadu the NFF Secretary General and Chris Green, a board member, as proceedings for the General meeting of the NFF began at Chida Hotel in Abuja. Reason for their arrest has not yet been disclosed. Embattled Maigari was recently reinstated as Chairman of the NFF by FIFA after being impeached by the NFF Board members in July.

Leonid Stadnyk, believed to be the world’s tallest man at 8ft 4 inches has died. He was just 44. The peasant farmer from the Ukrainian village of Podoliantsy, died on Sunday August 24th from a brain haemorrhage after health problems.In his last interview, Leonid, who wears a  talked about how his height was a curse, why he refused to be measured by the Guinness Book of World Records and also why he refused to get married “To me, my height is a curse, a punishment from God, not something to celebrate. What sin I have committed, I do not know. All my life I have dreamed of being just like everyone else. I don’twant or need the fame that this would bring so I have no desire to be in this Guinness book. “I never got married because I don’t want to inflict my problems on a wife. I think it would not be fair on her” he said. At one point, his condition, called giganticism, left him growing at the rate of roughly a foot every 3 years. His feet measured 18 inches in length while his palms

Angel Di Maria has completed his move to #mufc for a British record fee of £59.7m. See pictures below:

Albert Ebossé, a striker from Cameroon, has died after being hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd at the endof a top-flight Algerian league game on Saturday. The 24-year-old was struck by a projectile, thrown by fans in the stands, as he and fellow team mates returned to their changingroom. His team, JS Kabylie, had just lost their game against USM Alger in Tizi Ouzou 2-1. The lone goal for  JS Kabylie was scored by late Albert Ebossé. Albert was rushed to the hospital but he lost his life. Ebosse played for Coton Sport FC, Unisport Bafang and Douala AC in his homeland before moving to Malaysian club Perak FA in 2012. He signed for JS Kabylie in July 2013 and was best scorer in the 2013-2014 championship. Reports say he recently welcomed a baby. However, the Algerian interior ministry has ordered an investigation to search for the culprit. Source -music 213

Manchester United have agreed a €81 million deal with Real Madrid for wingerAngel Di Maria. Goal reported on Saturday that the PremierLeague side had made a breakthrough in their attempts to sign the 26-year-old to Old Trafford, with the player having decided that he wanted to move to Old Trafford. With talks between the two sides having accelerated in the last 24 hours, Di Maria has now arrived in Manchester and is expected to agree personal terms and complete a medical on Tuesday. Goal understands that Louis van Gaal's side will offer Di Maria a wage packet that will eclipse Wayne Rooney's €360,000-per-week deal, including the Argentine's €6m signing-on fee and additional bonuses. United will pay Madrid a British record fee in the region of €81m, including add-ons, for the former Benfica star, surpassing the €63m that Chelsea shelled out to Liverpoolto take Fernando Torres to Stamford Bridge in 2011.Goal revealed back in July that an agreement between the Premier Leag

Governor Ibikunle Amosun has ordered the closure of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State following continued protests from students over their tuition fees. In a statement released by Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, Secretary to State Government ofthe State, the government said it had no “option than to order the immediate closure of all the campuses of Olabisi Onabanjo University to protect the students and other residents of the state and their property.” The students, according to the government have continued to issue threats while rejecting all entreaties and concessions made by the government on their various demands concerning therecently announced reduction of school fees. The government thereby advisedall parents whose wards are students of the university to immediately call them to order asthe government will not tolerate any act that will disturb the peace being enjoyed by the people of the state. The closure is coming 24 hours after the deadline given by

The Government of Ekiti State has debunked rumours of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in the state over the unfortunate death of a woman, who reportedly vomited and collapsed in premises of the State Ministry of Health after she was rejected by four different private hospitals because of the text messages circulated by some unidentified people suspected to be in the Healthcare sector that tagged her ebola patient. At a briefing, Commissioner for Health, Professor Olusola Fasubaa said….On 20th August,2014, a 55-year-old health care worker at Ogotun- Ekiti, who was said not to have had any complaints of illness in the last two months and no current history of travel outside the state (according to her neighbours) got to the Data Bank of the Ministry of Health at about 1.pm and collapsed after coughing out blood and subsequently vomited and she was immediately tagged Ebola victim without an adequate history taken and people started running away. “The woman subsequently died

Samuel Eto’o has opted to join Liverpool and is undergoing a medical on Friday ahead of signing a one-year deal, Goal understands. Everton’s late interest in the 33-year-old had threatened to derail Liverpool’s move, with Roberto Martinez’s side ready to offer a two-year contract, but the striker is excited by the prospect of working under Brendan Rodgers. The Cameroon international’s medical is taking place outside of the UK, while the deal could be finalised before Liverpool face Manchester City on Monday evening. Eto’o is available on a free transfer having left Chelsea at the end of last season and had held talks with Ajax earlier this summer before the Dutch club pulled out of negotiations.Eto’o scored 12 goals in 34 appearances for Chelsea last season but hit out at Jose Mourinho after the 51-year-old joked about not knowing the striker’s real age. Liverpool are also poised to complete the signing of Mario Balotelli in a €20 million deal from AC Milan. The Italy internationa

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Editor -Jim Impoco Categories-News magazine Frequency -Weekly Total circulation (December 2012)-1,528,081 [1]First issue February 17, 1933 Company-Newsweek LLC Country-United States Based inNew York City Language-English Website-www.newsweek.com ISSN0028-9604 Newsweek is an American weeklynews magazine founded in 1933. Its print editionis available in English in theUnited States,Pakistan,Europe,Middle East and Africa. It is also available in Japanese inJapan, in Polish in Poland, in Korean inKoreaand in Spanish in all Spanish speaking countries. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time incirculation and advertising revenue for most of its existence. It is published in four English language editions and 12 global editions written in the language of the circulation region. Between 2008 and 2012, Newsweek under went internal and external contractions designed to shift the magazine's focus and audience while improving its finances. I