BALE FINALLY JOINS MADRID FOR A RECORD FEE £85.3M

Gareth Bale concluded his transfer to Spanish giants, Real Madrid yesterday for a world transfer record fee of  £85.3m. The previous record was £80m Real Madrid paid for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bale will earn about £300,000 per week for the next six years. The 24-year-old joined Totttenham from southampton for £10m in 2007.  He was twice named PFA player of the year.

Congratulations to him.

See some of his best goals.

MY FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEO > ATTRACTION (SHADOW THEATRE GROUP) ON BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT 2013

Simply Magical...........................

SHOCKING - DEHLI BUS GANG RAPE SUSPECT JAILED FOR JUST 3 YEARS

Wonders they say shall never end. A teenager who was part of the Six evil men who raped a 23-year-old girl (who later died of injuries sustained) in India last year has been sentenced to just 3-years imprisonment.

Read more after the cut....................

JONATHAN'S POLITICAL MACHINERY DISABLED AS GOVERNORS ABANDON HIM.

These are trying times for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as most of the Governors in his camp all deserted him yesterday at the PDP's convention.

Amaechi, who led the walkout of a faction of the party spurred the other Governors in GEJ's camp to leave the venue disappointed as none of them bargained for the outcome of the mini-convention.

PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRUMBLES

The self-styled largest Political Party in Africa crashed and crumbled as earlier predicted yesterday at the party's convention. Internal war was visible before the convention hence it was no surprise when a faction of the party emerged yesterday.

The new faction is led by Baraje, Oyinlola, Amaechi and a few others...............

FACTION MEMBERS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY

Read the report by PunchNG.

THE INFORMAL POPE

Pope Francis posing for a selfie

The head of the over 1.2billion catholic faithfuls is constantly showing willingness to part with tradition. 

We call him POPE toh JASI......better still SOJI POPE.....

This literally means he's informal and aware of latest trends. He is pictured above posing for a pix with some young faithfuls who will definitely cherish the picture for the rest of their lives.

PICTURES OF HALLE BERRY'S LARGE BABY BUMP

Oscar award winning mother of one, Halle Berry will be due in few weeks as she revealed her massive baby bump while shopping at Los Angeles.

The Actress who has been married thrice was without her usual companion, five-year-old Nahla Aubry, her daughter from a previous relationship with Gabriel Aubry

See more photos after the cut..............

SWEET REVENGE AS BAYERN DEFEATS CHELSEA TO WIN UEFA SUPER CUP

It was a night of firsts in the UEFA Super Cup. The first time the competition has been settled by penalties, the first time a German side has won it, and Bayern Munich's first glimpse of Pep Guardiola's Midas touch.

Jose Mourinho was left disappointed as his blue boys lost to a deserving winner last night.

Bayern came from behind twice in what could be termed "SWEET REVENGE" for their loss to Chelsea last year in the Champions League Final.

See video HERE.

64-YR-OLD MAN RAPES 6-YR OLD GIRL IN EBONYI STATE. #SAYNOTORAPE

WHEN WILL THE CURSE OF RAPE BE UPROOTED FROM OUR SOCIETY?

We honestly don't know the answer to the question above but we will keep campaigning against it as a 6-yr-old girl was reportedly defiled in Ebonyi. 

Read more after the cut........................

STILL ON BIANCA AND FANI KAYODE

The war of words between widow of Ojukwu, Bianca and Fani-Kayode is still hot like fire.................

Fani-Kayode had earlier claimed that he dated Bianca but she quickly rebuffed it.*ALAKOBA SOMBORRI*

Read more after the cut............

BLACK JESUS MURDERED

Notorious cannibal, Stephen Tari, who called himself Black Jesus has been killed.

Read details culled from DailyMail.

A cannibal cult leader calling himself Black Jesus, who slaughtered his 'Flower Girl' followers and drank their blood, has himself been murdered in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.

In flowing robes, Stephen Tari, 40, a failed Bible student, once led 6,000 'disciples' through the mountainous regions of the country, but was accused of killing at least three young girls and, as their mothers were forced to watch, drinking their blood.

TRAGEDY AS NIGERIAN BORN BRITISH SOLDIER DIES DURING TRAINING

Private Michael Ihemere,a British army soldier of Nigeria origin  died after collapsing while on a training exercise yesterday.

The 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment soldier, who was aged 26 took ill during a three-mile run across rugged terrain on the Catterick Garrison training area near Leyburn North Yorkshire. After it became clear that he was seriously ill, members of his unit, who returned from a tour of Afghanistan in April, alerted paramedics shortly before 9am on Wednesday.

TWERKING AND SELFIE ADDED TO OXFORD DICTIONARY

The Oxford Online Dictionary, in its bid to recognise current trends in words has included  the words ‘Selfie’ and ‘Twerking’ in the dictionary.

The word “Twerking” has been found to be common among hip hop trends for 20 years, while ‘Selfie’ emerged due to technological advances in phone cameras, which meant people could take high quality photos of themselves, if they were so inclined.

RIBERY IS KING OF EUROPE

Bayern Munich’s French winger Franck Ribery on Thursday won the award for European player of the 2012/13 season.

The France international becomes the third player to win the award, the two previous winners being Barcelona duo Lionel Messi (2011) and Andres Iniesta (2012).

Ribery won the award this time around ahead of Messi and Real Madrid’s Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

THREE ARRAIGNED FOR RAPING UNILAG STUDENT

Three men who kidnapped and raped a young Unilag undergraduate, Tolulope Titilayo(22yrs)  at Lagos Island were yesterday arraigned at the Magistrate Court. 

In the eight counts which the police preferred against the defendants, it was alleged that after raping the girl, the men also took snapshots of their victim and posted them on the Internet. It was alleged that within a few days of the upload, the nude photographs went viral on social media, exposing Titiloye to ridicule and shame.

DRAMA IN TARABA AS ASSEMBLY ORDERS GOVERNOR TO GO BACK TO USA

The return of Governir Danbaba Suntai to Nigeria is still generating a lot of dust as the lawmakers in Taraba have unanimously agreed that the Governor is still unfit to rule hence he should go back to the USA for treatment. They stated that they have been barred from seeing the governor since his return.

Read more after the cut as reported by PunchNG.................

MOB BEATS CUSTOMS OFFICER TO DEATH AT SEME BORDER

Yesterday was a sad day at the Seme Border as one Joel was hit by stray bullets when officers of the Nigeria Customs Services attempted to apprehend a smuggler. 

The residents of the area took to the streets in protest and in the process stopped the vehicle of an officer J.I Motelu who knew nothing about the earlier incident, dragged him out and then beat him to death. His vehicle was thereafter set ablaze.

Investigations are on-going as seven persons have been arrested in connection with the killing says Lagos Force PRO, Ngozi Braide.

Again, I preach that we should learn to value life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

The draws for the group state of the 2013/2014 Champions League Group Stage took place earlier today.

See the Groups after the cut.......................

WHEN A TEACHER CANNOT READ

Still on the shocking revelation by the Governor of Edo State that some teachers in the state cannot read correctly. It is certain that the task of impacting knowledge on students is futile.

See VIDEO once again.

Please read a piece below culled from VanguardNGR after the cut.

(VIDEO) SUNTAI'S STAGE MANAGED SWEARING IN OF NEW CABINET

Ailing Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, yesterday dissolved the state's cabinet four days after arriving from a Ten months medical treatment trip abroad for injuries sustained when his helicopter crashed.

He also inaugurated the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, Timothy Kataps,  as well as the Chief of Staff, Mallam Aminu Jika. The event which was not televised live was recorded and broadcast via the State  TV in Jalingo.

This Governor is obviously not fit to steer the ship of Taraba state yet. We hope this is not a suicidal mission though.

Watch video HERE,