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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigerian-based Regional IPTV (Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service provider for West Africa, PIPUL TV, has signed a N100,000,000 broadcast rights agreement with the third-tier Nigeria Nationwide League One for one year. The deal is expected to begin on 8 July. In a media briefing held in Lagos yesterday the Chairman of the PIPUL TV, Benjamin Okorafor, presented a dummy cheque for the amount and gave details of the deal. “It’s not as if we have money to throw around,  we just want to associate with the brand and help it grow,” Okorafor said. “We have three sports channels which will help us brooadcast three live games every week. “We want foreigners to sit in the comfort of their homes to watch our leagues and spot talents or even bring theirs to come and feature here.” PIPUL TV also have broadcast rights to the Major League Soccer, LaLiga Santander, Chinese Super League and the English Premier League. Meanwhile the Chairman of the NLO Alkali Mohamm...

http://ift.tt/2qLwa7G President Muhammadu Buhari In the last few weeks a creeping uneasiness has been gripping the nation. Our nerves are at full stretch as we grapple with the terrifying prospect of a nation in drift due to the ill-health of the nation’s Chief Executive Officer, Muhammadu Buhari. For three weeks in a row the President has been absent from the Federal Executive Council meeting which he normally chairs except he is out of the country or on vacation, medical or non-medical. A couple of months ago, the President spent 49 days with doctors in England who were treating him for an undisclosed ailment. On his return, he told the nation that he had never been this ill in his entire life. He also said that he would be going back for further treatment. Now he is ill again and his spin doctors have dutifully informed us that his medical doctors told him to have a longer rest as a condition for full recovery. They have also let out the vital information that he has a fully fi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Penalty shootouts in football could be transformed to make them fairer under new plans being looked at by UEFA. The sport’s European governing body is already trialling a new way for penalties to be taken in decisive shootouts. Instead of teams alternating spot-kicks, Uefa is considering a new system similar to the tie-break in tennis. The system is being tried out at the European Under-17 Championship, which began in Croatia on Wednesday. As it stands, teams take turns in a shootout, with the choice of who goes first decided by a coin toss. For example, team A goes first, then team B, then team A again. The new system is called ‘ABBA’ and sees team A followed by team B – before team B goes again. Team A would then get two successive penalties, and so on until there is a winner. A coin will still be tossed to decide who goes first. The idea is to stop the team going second having to always, potentially, play catch-up.     The post UEFA plans ch...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dr Sakariyau Babalola, President, Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) will on Sunday May 7, lead over 350 Muslim Leaders from the six states in the South West to discuss the issue of good governance and progress of the Muslims in the region. In a statement by Dr Wole Abbas, chairman planning committee of MUSWEN third General Assembly stated that Babalola, who doubles as Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and chairman of the Assembly, would be accompanied by the governors of the six states. Others being expected are all members of the MUSWEN BOT led by Prince Bola Ajibola, Central Working Committee (CWC) led by Prof Daud Noibi, Executive Secretary of MUSWEN, leaders of state Muslim communities, leaders of major Islamic organisations as well as Leagues of Imams and Alfas. The statement added that other delegates are major political office holders, Muslim titled holders being led by Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Haroon Balogun Allah forbids any relationship between a man and woman outside marital relationship. In fact, Allah  ordered us in the Qur’an to lower our gaze from the opposite sex. The import of this is that you don’t contemplate any intimate or sexual relationship outside wedlock let alone sleeping around. It does not only weaken your spiritual powers, it is a major sin with severe penalty. Allah however orders marital relationship with divine blessings. Fortunately for the men, Allah has given the conditional permission for marriage of 1,2,3 or 4 wives. The case is not the same with women who are regarded as mothers of nations. Without digressing, express permission for sexual relationship is given on marital relationship, so much that Allah sanctions and even blesses any sexual moves with the legally married wife. Both spouses will enjoy the fruit of the divine union as ordained by the creator for as long as they remain in that union. One of the obje...