Manchester City's Yaya Toure bags BBC's African Footballer Of The Year.

Manchester City and Cote d’Ivoire midfielder, Yaya Toure, has been named the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year. The 30-year-old football player, who has been nominated for the past 4 years, beat Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Jonathan Pitroipa to the award. Continue to read the rest of the story + hid "thank you" statement.

Toure, excited, said, “It’s a fantastic achievement because I don’t think there has ever been as many quality African players in top level international football as there are now: Aubameyang, Pitroipa, Mikel, Moses, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho… we have fantastic players."

He also added that in his opinion African football was improving. And this fact makes him feel very happy. The list of nominees for the BBC award, was compiled by 44 football experts across African, who used criteria such as skill, technical ability, team work, fair play and consistency. A record number of fans then voted for their favourite either online or by text message.

The winner thanked all his fans, who voted for him: “Thank you to all the fans around the world who continue to support me. It shows how much fans love you and appreciate your job as well,” he said “When you have a lot of fans behind you, it’s always amazing. And I’m very happy as it is the fans who have given it to me – so I’m very appreciative.”

Tiwa Savage's Husband Attacks Photo Journalist; Smashes His Camera!

Tiwa Savage‘s husband, Tunji ‘T-Billz’ Balogun is again in the news, but this time it’s not about the couple’s highly celebrated wedding, but about T-Billz having attacked a photo-journalist.

For allegedly taking pictures against his will, the 323 Entertainment boss snatched the camera in front of several witnesses and crashed it in on the floor. Reportedly the lens and other accessories in the camera were damaged.

The incident, which happened last Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Façade Thai Restaurant, Bishop Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island, Lagos raised a few eyebrows as the photographer and some guests challenged and condemned T-Bill’s actions, while querying the photographer for shooting without permission.

According to the eyewitnesses, T-billz who was at the venue the birthday of musician Sound Sultan “angrily attacked the photo-journalist, snatching his camera and breaking it for taking pictures of him”.

The photo-journalist Victor Obot also known as Elejo, when contacted, denied directing the camera at

Anambra State PDP Chairman, kidnapped.

According to the Punch:

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, Mr. Ken Emeakayi, was kidnapped on Monday by unknown gunmen.

Emeakayi was said to be returning to Awka from his village in Okija when his car was intercepted at Anyafulujiji Junction, Nri by his assailants.

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Mr. Usman Gwary, told our correspondent on telephone that he had not been briefed about the incident.

But a source close to the PDP chairman said the story was true. He said contact had not been made yet with the family by the kidnappers.

If you're hating on Lola, she's got a message for you.

Lola took to twitter yesterday and here's what she got to say below...

Cybercriminals create advanced computer virus which can steal money from any bank account in any country.

 

 

A team of Russian cybercriminals have created a computer virus so sophisticated it can steal the money from any bank account in any country.Called the Neverquest Trojan, it lies hidden on malicious websites or infected computers and can steal the usernames and passwords for people’s online banking accounts.

Once it has access to these accounts it can empty them completely and is so advanced, security experts are warning that traditional antivirus software isn't enough to keep users protected.This is because the Trojan has been designed to contain ‘just about every possible trick’ known to hackers to avoid being caught and disabled

 

According to security firm Kaspersky Lab, Neverquest has already made ‘several thousand attempts’ to infect computers and is targeting some of the world’s biggest banks and investment companies.

A total of 28 major websites are under threat and Fidelity Investments is the main target

Once a computer is infected, Neverquest can record the usernames and passwords to online bank accounts and this information is then sent to anonymous hackers who can then use these to details to gain access to the accounts

After gaining access to a user’s account, cybercriminals make transactions and transfer money from the user to their own accounts or - to keep the trail from leading directly to them - to the accounts of other victims.

Kaspersky Lab also said that protection against threats such as Neverquest requires more than ‘just standard antivirus’ and advises customers to be extra vigilant to make sure they only access official sites and don’t store passwords in cookies, or on their computers. Browsers should be kept up to date, too.

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Funke Akindele's ex-hubby throws birthday party for 1st wife and showers praises on her.

 Funke Akindele's ex-hubby Kehinde Oloyede is back to loving his 1st wife who was pushed to the side-lines when he married Funke. Months after their split, he threw a birthday party for his 1st wife and captioned these facebook photos above"

‘Happy birthday to a wonderful wife, I wish you  long life and prosperity in good health.  Thank you for being there always, even when I go off track. Onisuru lo jogun ohun gbogbo.’

 Happy for them!

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