Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Munich captain Lahm breaks ankle, out for three months



Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm broke his ankle during training on Tuesday and is out of action for up to three months, the Bundesliga leaders said on Twitter.

``Big blow for Philipp Lahm: The captain has suffered a fractured ankle. He needs an operation and will be out for around 3 months!’’ Munich said.

Lahm will missing the remaining games of the year and likely also to miss the late January Bundesliga restart after a six-week winter break.

He is the latest injury casualty for Munich who also have Javi Martinez, David Alaba, Thiago, Holger Badstuber, Claudio Pizarro, Tom Starke and Pepe Reina, sidelined.

The champions, Munich, top the Bundesliga four points ahead of Wolfsburg going into Saturday's game against Hoffenheim, and have reached the last 16 in the Champions League as group winners

Circulation of new N100 begins Dec. 19, says CBN



The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fixed Dec. 19, 2014, to put the new commemorative N100 into circulation.

This is contained in “Countdown Calendar of The New Commemorative N100 Banknote” a publication on activities for the launch of the new banknote released by the bank in Abuja.

The bank said the circulation of the banknote, unveiled by President Goodluck Jonathan on Nov. 12, would be preceded by the launch of “Partnership Programme aimed at Banknote Equipment Manufacturers and other Machine Suppliers” on Wednesday.

The Wednesday activity, according to the bank, is to enable the manufacturers and suppliers to adapt machines and authentication devices for the new banknotes.

The publication also said that the new banknote would be sent to commercial banks, Nigeria Police Force, chambers of commerce, professional associations and cash-in-transit companies on Nov. 26.

Other activities that would also precede the circulation of the banknote, the apex bank said, were the sending of leaflet on the banknote to 1,000 Points of Sales (POS) in the country on Dec. 3 and visit to the new note on internet on Dec.10.

The bank added that a “live” film show to check the new banknote would be aired on CBN YouTube.

500 young Nigerians study every year in Germany --- Envoy



The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Michael Zenner, on Tuesday said that annually about 500 Nigerian youths were given opportunity to study in German universities by his country’s government.

Zenner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the beneficiaries were offered admissions to study in the different universities on scholarships and through self-sponsorship.

``Under the Germany Educational Exchange Services, 500 young Nigerians study every year in our different universities.

``These Nigerians go to Germany partly on scholarships or through self-sponsorship.

``And from experience so far, I am impressed with the number of Nigerians who did their research work in German educational institutions,’’ he said.

The envoy said that his government also gave such Nigerians the option of whether to come back after their studies or work in Germany.

Zenner said that for any Nigerian to benefit from the exchange programme, he or she should first learn to read in and speak German language.

The ambassador disclosed that the German government’s plan was to create the right learning environment for Nigerians in its institutions.

Zenner also said that plans were underway by the government to partner some Nigerian universities in the learning of German language.

``Nigeria really matters to the German government and we want more Nigerians to come and study in Germany.

``I therefore, think that it is important for us to foster the integration of the study of German language here in Nigeria,’’ he said.

Naira’s value further nosedives to N173 per dollar



Nigeria’s naira closed at a new low of 173.20 against the dollar on Monday, down 1.21 percent in volatile trades, despite central bank intervention to prop up the currency, dealers said.

The regulator asked lenders to bid for $2 million each in a move to shore up the local currency, but commercial banks avoided the forex auction as the central bank was restricting the re-sale margins to curb speculation.

The naira closed at 171.10 on Friday.

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves fell 3 percent in two weeks to $37.59 billion by November 13, as the Central Bank stepped up support for the ailing naira currency.

Data published by the Central Bank on Monday showed the reserves were at $38.76 billion on October 29.

The bank has spent billions of dollars defending the naira, hit by falling global oil prices, in the past month.

Why I have sex with dogs —Robbery suspect



A 27-year-old robbery suspect has revealed that he usually had sex with his dogs for spiritual powers before going for any robbery operation in Lagos State, western Nigeria.

The suspect, Bala Yayah, said his success in most of his robbery operations was because he usually had sex with dogs.

The Beninoise, who resides in Badagry area of Lagos State, said despite the fact that he has many girlfriends, he has ten female dogs he usually had sex with.

He revealed that he takes proper care of the dogs from his robbery loot.

Yayah was recently arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, led by Abba Kyari.

One of his gang members, Hassan Ado, who was arrested during a foiled robbery operation, implicated Yayah during interrogation.


one of the dogs, Yayah has sex with



It was Ado that took SARS to Yayah’s house in Badagary where he was arrested.

On why he embarked on such act, he said it was his spiritualist who told him to sleep with dogs for spiritual powers.

On whether it worked, he admitted that it worked and added that if it was during a robbery operation it would have been impossible to arrest him.

Yayah admitted that he was a member of the gang that has been terrorizing people along Lagos-Badagary expressway for years and said he regrets getting involved in robbery.

On how he joined robbery, he said it was Ado that introduced him into robbery and ironically, he was the same person that handed him over to the police.

On whether his neighbours knew he was sleeping with dogs, he said they thought that he was a lover of dogs, not knowing he was using them for sex.

Police said he would be charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.