Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

Super Eagles captain and former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has explained his recent move to the Chinese Premier League to team up with Tianjin Teda. He said the move was primarily done to aid Nigeria’s push to be at the 2018 World Cup in Brazil. Mikel was frozen out of the first team picture by coach of Chelsea Antonio Conte, but the captain of the Nigeria team remained a regular for the national team despite his lack of games at club level.

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Last night, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the American nation in a farewell speech delivered in Chicago. During his farewell address, he declared that he hadn’t abandoned his vision of progressive change. But in a concession that, for now, his brand of progressive politics stalled Washington, he admitted “for every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back.”

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The new Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday morning started work at the presidential palace by first inspecting a guard of honour mounted by the Ghana Armed Forces. According to media reports from Ghana, Nana Addo arrived at the Flagstaff House at exactly 9am. He first inspected the guard of honour and was ushered into his office. He then moved into a meeting with his staff at the Presidency. More photos below:

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Let this be the first video you watch today, guys. See what a great, sweet husband, man looks like. US President Obama shed tears, made his daughter Malia cry, made the entire crowd give a standing ovation to his wife Michelle when he dedicated several minutes, during his final address in Chicago Tuesday night, and thanked her for being not just his wife, mother of his kids but also his best friend. Addressing Michelle as “girl of the south side,” President Obama said,

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See how a full grown man disrespected his wife on Facebook. He has been identified as Malawi journalist Collins Mtika and according to Malawinewsnow, this is not the first time Mtika has gone on Facebook to insult his wife They report that a close family source said the wife suffered distress over the post. However, she is not taking any action, because her journalist-husband is not ‘well mentally’.

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