A former Newcastle United goalkeeper, Pavel Srnicek has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Czech Republic.

The 47-year-old retired goalkeeper had earlier suffered a cardiac arrest during his morning exercise routine, the paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he was taken to the intensive care unit after an induced coma. He gave up the ghost nine days later.

He played for West Ham United in the EPL, and was loved by many during his time at the St. James Park between 1991 and 1998.

Amongst other teams in the EPL, he played for Sheffield Wednesday, and Portsmouth. He was capped 49 times by his country, Czech Republic.

However, his agent, Steve Wraith said “irreversible damage” was discovered after his brain was scanned and that he “had to be taken” off the life support machine.

“Pav passed away on the afternoon of Tuesday, 29 December 2015, with his family by his side.”

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman, Alex, has accused Super Eagles forward, Ideye Brown of neglecting her and the two children they both had together.

According to a number posts on the Instagram page of Alex, the Nigerian international footballer who plays as a central striker for Greek club Olympiacos FC fathered two children with the Ukrainian woman. Exposing the footballer, Alex accused him of abandoning the two children.

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Ghanaian illustrative artist Denny Owusu hand painted the illustrations using diverse African traditional attires. Cool stuff! See more photos after the cut...

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Saudi Arabia will pay a 'high price' for Shia cleric's execution, says Iran

Saudi Arabia will pay "a high price" for executing prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, Iran’s foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesperson Hossein Jaber Ansari strongly condemned the execution, which came after his Shia country repeatedly asked its Sunni-ruled rival to pardon the cleric.

"The Saudi government supports terrorist movements and extremists, but confronts domestic critics with oppression and execution... the Saudi government will pay a high price for following these policies," he said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

Nimr, 56, was a driving force of the protests that broke out in 2011 in Eastern Province, where the Shia minority of Saudi Arabia complains of marginalisation.

"The execution of a figure like Sheikh al-Nimr, who had no means to follow his political and religious goals but through speaking out, merely shows the extent of irresponsibility & imprudence," said Ansari.

MTN Foundation partners Kakadu, Wakaa to Boost Musical Theatre

As part of its efforts in contributing to the advancement of theatre and performing arts in Nigeria, MTN Foundation is sponsoring two notable stage plays – ‘Kakadu and Wakaa, The Musical,’ from the stables of Playhouse Initiative and Bolanle Austen-Peters Production respectively.

Note that some of the beneficiaries of the MTNF-sponsored Muson Scholar programme who have excelled in their chosen careers are part of the two plays.

For instance, two of the beneficiaries - Ayo Ajayi & Lawal Seyi who graduated in 2008 & 2014 respectively are part of the cast & crew for ‘Wakaa, The Musical.’ While the former is the play’s Music Director, the latter is the Tenor Sax.

Executive Secretary for the MTN Foundation, Ms Nonny Ugboma said the foundation is excited to see a crop of beneficiaries of its music scholarship programme in partnership with Muson School of Music distinguishing themselves in their chosen careers, applying what they have learnt in the course of their programme. She also said the foundation will not relent in its commitment to grooming the next generation of music scholars in support of the performing arts industry in Nigeria.

The MTNF music scholarship programme which is implemented in partnership with the Musical Society of Nigeria is targeted at students with a flair for music, and it provides them the opportunity to acquire qualitative music education leading to the MUSON Diploma in Music.

Over 130 musically talented students have graduated from the programme since the scholarship programme commenced in 2006, and another 60 are currently in training. ‘Kakadu, The Musical’ is a story of dreams, hopes, peace and war, of friendships and broken promises, of pain and loss, and of love and innocence.

It’s an exciting blend of the western music of the sixties that influenced musical expressions in the 1960s Africa, with highlife, afrobeat, contemporary and traditional Nigerian folk music,to produce the most wonderfully eclectic musical ever.

On the other hand, ‘Wakaa, The Musical’ is a play about the trials, successes and experiences of six young graduates with varied background, a wager between them after graduation has a twist when the realities of life and the folly of their choices hit them. Eventually they reunite, coming full circle.

The story reveals the struggle and challenge that young people face in present day Nigeria and abroad. ‘Wakaa, The Musical’ takes you on an emotional roller-coaster, and is a strong satire of Nigeria’s politics.

The two plays will hit the theatre as from December 29 and run through January 03, 2016.

To find out more, www.kakaduthemusical.com and www.wakaathemusical.com for more information.

Saudi Arabia executes 47 convicted terrorists in one day

Saudi Arabian government has executed 47 people in one day including the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr after convicting them of Terrorist related activities that have occurred in the last decade.

According to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interiors, the executed men believed in extremist ideology, were members of terror groups, and they were convicted of plotting and carrying out attacks against civilians going back as far at an attack on the U.S. consulate in Jeddah in 2004.

 The interior ministry statement began with Koranic verses justifying the use of execution and state television showed footage of the aftermath of al-Qaida attacks in the last decade.

Saudi grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh appeared on television soon after to describe the executions as just.

According to the Ministry of Interior,the executions were carried out in 12 different locations and four convicts were beheaded, but no mention was made of the other methods of execution.

SchoolKits Commences Back-To-School Shopping | Find All the Items on Your List in Lagos & Abuja from 02 Jan!

Hot on the heels of the hugelysuccessful “The Red Event,”SchoolKitsannounces the commencement of its Back-To-School Season starting from Saturday 02 January 2016. It’s time to draw up that replacement list of School Uniforms; Accessories; Shoes; Bags; Stationeries; Boarding House Items; Sportswear & Gears; Project Materials; Costumes and more.
 

Below is a detailed product list to help ensure you don’t miss out anything:

School Uniforms and Accessories: Blazers, Blouses, Polo Shirts, Pinafores, Shirts, Shorts, Scooters, Skirts, Trousers, Ties, School Badges, Socks etc.

School Shoes and Bags: Boys Lace-Up Shoes, Girls Lace-Up Shoes, Trekkers, Back Packs, Character Bags, and Sling Bags etc.

Stationeries: Pens, Pencils, Notebooks, Cardboards, Water Color Paint, PaintBrush, Color Pencil, Highlighter, Calculators, Files, Scissors, Recorder, Stickers, Mathematical Set, T-Square etc.

Sport Gears: Sports Polo Shirts, Round-Neck T-Shirts, Sports Shorts, Sports Shoe, Trainer Shoes, Swimwear and Accessories, Sport Water Bottle, Tennis Ball and Racket, Cycling Helmet, Sport Pump, Sport Jeggings, Gym Bag etc.

Boarding House Wears And Accessories: Sleepwear, House Wear, Bed Linen, Nets, Bowls And Buckets, Towels, Nail Cutters, Key Holders, Umbrella, Combs, Torch, Hair Brush, Laundry Bags etc.

Costumes: Ballet Wears, Character Costumes, Professional Costumes etc.

General Accessories: Lunch Boxes, Belts, Water Bottles, Head Band etc.

So come with yourkids, friends and families to SchoolKits Shop near you to shop for the new school term.#SKBackToSchool.

Also, feel free to Shop online at www.SchoolKitsNG.com.  Get product updatesand make special requests  through our online interactive platforms on Twitter: @SchoolKitsShop | Facebook:facebook.com/TheSchoolKitsLimited | Instagram: @SchoolKitsNG | BBM: C0045B90E

Visit our Stores:
Abuja: Shop 5, Luxury Block 4, Section 4, Garki International Modern Market, Garki 2, Abuja
Tel: 08077162750
Ikeja: Shop 9, Adebola Shopping Mall, Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos
Tel: 08077162412
Ikota: F168/189, Road 6, Ikota Shopping Complex, Ajah, Lagos 

Shop I 57, Road 5, Ikota Shopping Complex, Ikota, Ajah, Lagos
Tel: 08077162724
Lekki: 64B FolaOsibo Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
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Olamide didn't only rant on stage...he also (allegedly) destroyed Headies green room (photos)

Just received these images from the guys at Headies. According to them "Olamide destroyed Headies green room, smashed glasses following the announcement of Reekado Banks as Nextrated winner." at the awards that held last night. See more photos after the cut...

Olamide apologizes for his conduct at Headies Awards last night

He just shared this on his instagram page...

Photos from actress Chizzy Alichi's birthday bash

Fast-rising Nollywood Actress, Chizzy Alichi was a year older on Wednesday 23rd December, 2015 and as part of celebrations to mark her birthday, she held a lavish birthday party at the Gates Hotel, Zoo Estate, Enugu on Boxing Day, December 26th. The event was attended by a number of her Nollywood colleagues including Mr. Ibu (John Okafor), Zubi Micheal, Junior Pope, Prince Nwafor, Laclass Ozouguwu, as well as lots of industry people, fans and friends. More pics after the cut...

Connect with Chizzy on Instagram and Twitter: @ChizzyAlichi

Man killed after saving woman in New York City elevator accident



A 25-year-old man ​wished “Happy New Year” to a woman just before he saved her life by shoving her from a faulty elevator that suddenly took a plunge, but the brave act cost him his own life.

Stephen Hewett-Brown, 25, (left) was in the crowded elevator at 131 Broome St. ​on Manhattan’s Lower East Side ​when Erudi Sanchez, 43, (right) who lives in the building, ste​​pped inside around 11:45 p.m. with her 10-year-old nephew to throw out trash.

“When I got into the elevator, I felt it dropping and I thought my feet would get caught in the gap but the man pushed me out and said, ‘Happy New Year,’” Sanchez told The Post on Friday in Spanish.

But suddenly, the malfunctioning ​elevator dropped farther and Brown’s body was caught between ​it and the third floor, Sanchez said.

“I saw he was trapped and the elevator was crushing him. It was awful,” she said.

The woman’s son-in-law Emanuel Coronado, 23, desperately tried to pull Brown out, but it was too late.

“I feel bad I couldn’t save him. I tried to pull him out but the weight of the elevator was too heavy,” said Coronado, who was still shaken up by the horrific accident.

He said a woman in the elevator who appeared to be with Brown was in hysterics as she witnessed him being mangled.

“She was crying. He was saying, ‘I can’t breathe. Please help me,’” Coronado recalled. “To me, he is a hero. My mother-in-law might not be alive right now.”

A witness told The Post that ​Hewett-Brown and the other people in the elevator​, except for Sanchez,​ were dressed up and headed to a New Year’s Eve party on the 15th floor.
FDNY officials said a 911 call​ came in​ at 11:54 p.m. — and ​emergency responders were on the scene just five minutes later.

“It was a tragic call, a very unfortunate incident,” said an FDNY spokesman.

Sanchez was grateful for Brown’s selfless last act.

“He did a very valiant act to save me. We want to thank him and his family and pray that God gives them peace and comfort. It’s something I’ll never forget,” she said.

The traumatized woman also said the building is known to have issues with the elevators.

“They don’t do a good job repairing them. Two months ago we got stuck inside and had to press the alarm button and were rescued after 15 minutes,” she said.

Numerous complaints about elevators at the building have been filed with the city Department of Buildings​, some as recently as June 22, according to records.
Meanwhile, friends and family of Brown were ​in mourning Friday at his Eastchester home.

“I’m grieving my son. We don’t want to say anything,” Brown’s mom told reporters at their Eastchester home.

Brown — who went by the ​nickname​name StevOD — frequently posted his own written and recorded rap songs on SoundCloud and was working on an EP album, according to social media.
Ejiro Omenih, 22, said he wasn’t surprised to hear of his close pal’s heroic act.

“That’s the kind of heart he had. He’s always been like that, very responsible, caring about other people,” said Omenih through tears.

“He’s the head of the family. He has been the breadwinner for years, taking care of his grandmother, his mother, younger sister and a younger brother, Chris.”

Two-year-old girl tragically dies just two days after Christmas from swallowing a battery

The day after Christmas, 2-year-old Brianna Florer was laughing and jumping around with her older brother and two sisters opening presents at her grandparents' home. The next day the precocious blond-haired toddler was dead.
An X-ray of her tiny body showed the "killer" was a shiny, silver button battery.

“On Saturday she was fine,” maternal grandfather Kent Vice said. “It was a perfect Christmas.”

Brianna had not been feeling well for a couple of days, throwing up and running a low-grade fever, he said.
Late Sunday, Brianna threw up blood, and her body turned a blue color. Her parents, Brian and Stephanie Florer, who live in rural Delaware County, called the Jay ambulance, which met them at a convenience store to check Brianna's condition.

“She threw up again,” Vice said. “It was a massive amount of blood, and they rushed her to the Grove hospital.”

The Grove physicians quickly diagnosed Brianna's problem, and she was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, where she was rushed into surgery, he said.
Bad weather had grounded all medical transportation by helicopter, Vice said.

“They operated on her for 2½ hours, but they couldn't stop the bleeding,” Vice said. “They believed the battery ate through to her carotid artery by way of her esophagus.”

“One minute she is perfect, and the next minute she is dead,” Vice said. “We had no idea when she swallowed it (the battery).” 

The family learned Brianna probably swallowed the battery within six days of her death.
Vice said he wants to do something about button batteries. “I want to keep these things out of houses,” he said. “They are dangerous.”
A Go Fund Me account has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.
Eddie Johnson with the state medical examiner's office said the child's autopsy is pending, and it would be two to four months before an official cause and manner of death is known.

There were 53 reported cases in Oklahoma of children and adults swallowing a button or disk battery this year, said Randy Badillo, Oklahoma Poison Control Center senior specialist. “No fatalities have been reported to us,” he said.
Normally the battery passes through the digestive system, he said.

“But, if the battery lodges in the esophagus or digestive tract, it can open and release an alkaline substance that can cause corrosive or burning injuries,” Badillo said.

From 2005 to 2014, there were 11,940 battery-swallowing incidents involving children under the age of 6 nationally, according to the National Capitol Poison Center in Washington, D.C. Of those cases, 15 children died, and another 101 suffered major medical problems.

“These devastating outcomes occur in small children when batteries get stuck in the esophagus,” said Dr. Toby Litovitz, center physician.

When a lithium button battery lodges in a child's esophagus, it causes an electrical current to go through the tissue, she said.

“The electrical current is causing more damage because it is splitting the water surrounding the button battery and forming hydroxide, which is an ingredient in lye. Imagine dropping little tiny drops of lye in one place in the esophagus,” Litovitz said.

The lye substance perforates the esophagus and goes into whatever tissue is nearby — it can be the aorta or the trachea.
Serious complications also have been seen when small batteries are placed in the nose or ear — another situation where urgent removal is critical, Litovitz said.

“The important thing to remember is,  these batteries are everywhere.”  

Vice was close to his granddaughter. He handled caretaking duties for Brianna when she was an infant for three weeks after her parents returned to work.

“She never — not one time — had a bad day,” Vice said, his voice cracking with emotion. “She was always happy and laughing. “I took care of her — she was just an angel.”  

Source: The Oklahoman

Check out Toni Tones' extra sexy outfit to the Headies awards

Her first look of the year 2016, the songstress turned up the sexy, as she turned heads in a gorgeous black cut out mermaid dress by ace designer Yemi Shoyemi. She completed the look with a fringe Bob and dark lips. Stunning!

Mark Zuckerberg shares adorable photo with his wife and daughter

So cute!

10 Nigerian Musicians That Needed To Stop Making Music In 2016 – Do You Agree?

Someone sent this list to us…

Below is the List of 10 Nigerian musicians according to him should stop singing to focus on other businesses this 2016. Check out the List and 

1. Kcee

He has limited musical skills,he keeps doing the same thing over and over again.even harrysongs still has better things to sing.

2. D’banj

He has done great music in the past but seriously,he should focus on koko-garri plants and his other businesses.

3. Dr. Sid

Ijo kabiesi… lol. He was trying to do another surulere but he miss road, e kon found himself for Sango-ota.

4. Iyanya

Yes.. because he slowed down for reasons I don’t know. He became boring ever since he became a bouncer and not taken seriously by people anymore.

5. JJC 

Artists be like… “A c*m back.”

6. KSB

Hahaha, jungle don mature…. It’s 2016. Kennis music can’t force fake musicians on us any longer, that was then.

7. Jaywon

Hmmm, another man from the same old clan. This guy should invest in other business before he spent all he ever made from music. Cat fish business is very Profitable, Jaywon no dull yourself.

8. Hakym

Yes! Tell him to stop. If he asked why, Tell him Lamba has got more than 8 remixes and nothing has happened. Even his Record Label is tired.

9. Samklef

Bros! Abeg continue producing jejely, That your Voice ehn? Have you been to Oshodi in the Afternoon before? You see those conductor sounds better.

10. May D

I used to be your No. 1 Fan but you lost me to Reekado Banks, That dude now sounds better… You can retire in peace now sir, You don see pikin take over you. Hurray!!!

Do you agree with this List?