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The 10-man shortlist for FIFA’s Best Player of the Year award has been announced, with the likes of  Kevin De Bruyne ,  Bernardo  Silva, Neymar and Luis Suarez missing out. Four current Premier League stars feature in the top 10, with  Eden Hazard  who moved from Chelsea to Real Madrid over the summer also named among the nominees. Tottenham’s  Harry Kane  is joined by Liverpool trio  Virgil Van Dijk ,  Mohamed Salah  and Sadio Mane with VVD the favorite to be crowned the top player on the planet as his dominant displays led Liverpool to UEFA Champions League glory and within one point of Manchester City in the Premier League. Van Dijk also captained the Netherlands to reach the UEFA Nations League final and led their resrurgence from central defense. Dutch duo Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, who have both left Ajax this summer for Barcelona and Juventus respectively, are included after their breakout years for club and country, while superstars Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano

A Chinese boy who stole two seaplanes and took them for a joyride could receive pilot training. The 13-year-old drove the aircraft around a car park before hitting a crash barrier with one, causing 8,000 yuan (£935) worth of damage, reports the South China Morning Post. He was caught on CCTV arriving by electric bike at the Taihu Lake hangar in eastern Zhejiang province around midnight on 15 July. The teenager from Huzhou city had spent a large part of the weekend observing staff doing maintenance work on the planes at the SeaRey base in preparation for the stunt. He was seen pulling a 450kg seaplane from its hangar, climbing into the cockpit and starting the engine. He proceeded to drive it around the airport, hitting the barrier before switching to another plane and taking it for a further three circuits of the car park. The prankster’s parents only realised what their son had been up to when staff contacted them to negotiate a settlement for the damage caused. Ho

Nigerian singer Davido has always cultivated a culture of sharing is caring in all aspects of his life. The Nigerian star shares his heart equally with three women: two baby mamas who gave birth to his daughters and his girlfriend Chioma. And that is not enough. The musician has always been praised for always helping the people around him despite their status in the community. Now, the 26-year-old father of two has caused a stir on Twitter after casually saying his watchman owns two houses and three cars. Yes, as you struggle to at least get free rides on Mr sponsor's car, Davido is busy elevating his employees. It all started when a tweep named Obong Roviel shared his excitement over news that the musician was working with upcoming act, Lyta. Obong praised Davido for always supporting everyone who approaches him either in terms of growing their music brand or elevating their businesses. A proud and happy Davido then said on top of helping Lyta, he has mad

In a new episode of her  Queen Radio  podcast, the rapper clapped back at critics of her relationship with controversial boyfriend Kenneth “Zoo” Petty. “When a person is with a n—- that loved them before they had a dime in their pocket? How do you not understand that? How do you not understand happiness vs clout?” Minaj said on the episode. “How f—ing dare you talk about lowering standards,” she added, before telling haters to “wake up” and realize that love should not be based on materialistic desires and circumstances. “It’s the truth, money cannot buy me happiness and good sex,” Minaj said. Last week, the 36-year-old hitmaker left fans speculating that she is engaged and expecting a baby with Petty, after hearing her verse on  Chance the Rapper ’s reggae-tinged song “Zanies and Fools.” “He the Clyde to my Bonnie, ’bout to walk down the aisle and be a mommy,” raps Minaj on the track, which dropped Friday. “Ooh, I remember when I cried like, ‘Why me?’ / Now I would

The penultimate edition of the Club World Cup in its current format featuring seven teams will kick off in Qatar on Dec. 11 with the final taking place 10 days later, global soccer governing body FIFA announced on Friday. FIFA had said it would revamp the tournament to feature 24 teams from 2021, with Qatar hosting the final two editions in the old style as test events for the World Cup which the Gulf state will host in 2022. Three teams for this year have been confirmed with European champions Liverpool joining CONCACAF champions CF Monterrey and Oceania's Hienghene Sport. The club representing hosts Qatar will depend on the ongoing AFC Champions League. "If a team from Qatar are champions, they qualify directly for the second round ... with the runners-up playing the opening match against Hienghene Sport on Dec. 11," FIFA said in a statement. "If the AFC Champions League winners are not a club from Qatar, the current holders of the Qatar Stars Leagu

AFCON Prize Money: African Cup of Nations champions Algeria have received $4.5 million, Senegal $2.5m, while third place contestants Super Eagles and Tunisia earned $2.m. Algerian players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Final football match between Senegal and Algeria at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo on July 19, 2019. (Photo AFP) Algeria lifted their second ever AFCON trophy after narrowly beating Senegal 1-0 in the final last Friday night. Following the end of the tournament, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have revealed the prize money for all participant countries As for hosts Egypt they will receive $670.000 following their disappointing elimination from the round of 16. The prizes will be distributed as follows: Angola and Kenya (Third place in group-stages): $620.000 Round of 16: $670.000 (Benin, Uganda, Egypt, Mali, Guinea, DR Congo, Cameroon and Ghana) Quarter-finals: $800.000 (Madagascar, Ivory Coast, S

Ten years after Nigeria last hosted a FIFA World Cup event, the country is set for another chance as the world football governing body seems ready to award the country the hosting right of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup for 2020. The breakthrough came following months of pressure on FIFA by the Nigerian Football Federation whose president is said to be working hard to bring as many FIFA and CAF competitions to the country. Sources close to FIFA has revealed that officials from the world body are already planning an inspection exercise to Nigeria to ascertain if the country would be fit to host the second biggest women football event on the FIFA calendar. “Officials from Zurich are expected in August for a four-day inspection tour and some of what they would be looking out for during the planned visit is what Nigeria can offer in terms of infrastructure/operations, security, medical. It was also gathered that the world football governing is planning to spend as much as $4

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Imagine it’s the late 1800s. You’re living in the middle class neighborhoods of Britain, and you need to make it on time for work in the morning. However, alarm clocks of the time—or their equivalent—are insanely unreliable and not cheap at all. So, what do you do? Hire a knocker-upper of course. Knocker-uppers were a profession that existed between the Industrial Revolution and mid-1920s. Their job? To rouse sleeping people in the morning to make sure they're on time for work. Knocker-uppers usually used batons or long bamboo sticks to knock on people’s bedroom windows in order to wake them up in the mornings. Knocker uppers would sometimes also use ‘snuffer outers’ (these names are sounding fairly obvious) to extinguish streetlights that were lit at dusk and needed to be put out at dawn. Some knocker-uppers even used pea shooters to wake people up, blowing peas at windows in order to make enough noise to wake someone up. They would be paid a few pence each

Musician R. Kelly  has been arrested  on federal child pornography and obstruction of justice charges. The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago said the pop star was arrested Thursday on a 13-count indictment. The singer was outside while walking his dog when he was arrested. "R Kelly was arrested in Chicago tonight on charges contained in a 13-count indictment returned today in the Northern District of Illinois," the attorney's office said in a statement late Thursday. "The indictment includes charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice." It is not clear as of yet what other charges are included in either indictment. Federal agents searched R. Kelly’s home in Trump Tower Chicago Friday morning. Kelly was arrested by the New York Police Department, which will eventually bring him to New York City,  For now, a law enforcement official told us that Kelly is expected to face charges in Chicago before being extradited to Brooklyn. He

Rebecca Nana Adwoa Kwabi has defied all odds to win the 2019 edition of Miss Ghana. The 26-year-old claimed the crown at the grand finale which took place at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City on Saturday, July 6, 2019. A student of Maureen Signature Institute who reads fashion, a twin and a devout Christian, she was named the best choice for the beauty pageant out of the 19 who contested on the night. She took home an official vehicle, one year volunteering with exclusive events Ghana/ Miss Ghana Foundation, a year platinum gym membership, the opportunity to represent Ghana at Miss World, a monthly allowance of GHC 1000 and the most enviable crown. While Rebecca was crowned winner, eloquent Sarah Odei-Amoani was named first runner-up with Deborah Opoku Sarfo being the second runner-up. They also took home an official vehicle each, monthly allowance and one year volunteering with Exclusive Events Ghana/ Miss Ghana Foundation. Aside the main winner, Sarah who came s

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following vacant positions in the University of Lagos. A. ACADEMIC POSITIONS FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES a.  Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology (i) Lecturer I                       Area of Specialisation : Breast Pathology, Dermato Pathology, Haemato Pathology, Forensic                                                               Pathology, Neuropathology, Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetics. b.  Department of Biochemistry (i) Lecturer I                       Area of Specialisation : Forensic Biochemistry, Drug Metabolism, Immunology and Proteomics. c.  Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (i) Lecturer I                       Area of Specialisation : Bacteriology/Mycology d.  Department of Medical Laboratory Science (i) Lecturer II                      Area of Specialisation : Clinical Chemistry, Haematology and Histology. e.  Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics an