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In the video R&B crooner R Kelly talks about over coming his fear of flying and speaks about the personal relationship he had with recently deceased King of pop Michael Jackson.
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After presenting the bid for the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games before the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa that was held yesterday in Abuja, Nigeria. Arguably the greatest football player to play the beautiful game was kind enough to talk about Africa's chances in the 2010 World Cup. Here are quotes from the Legend:
"If you remember, ten years ago I started mentioning about how football in Africa will grow and get better and better. Africa gets a lot of players in Europe and they have a lot of experience, and with adequate preparation it will not be a surprise to see Africa in the finals or the quarter-final at the South Africa 2010 World Cup.
"You can see that at the Confederation Cup, South Africa for the first time, was at the semi-final and United States was at the final. So there are no big teams in football now. All countries are equal. Now, we have to respect the developing countries"
Pele talked about the huge salaries players get paid these days. He said there is a need for players to be committed more to their teams than allowing the love for money to dictate their movement. Pele let us know that FIFA is looking at ways of addressing the issue.
"I agree with you, in my time we needed to play for ten years to get the kind of money being paid to young players in one year today, but it is a different life at the moment. During my time we did not have big companies investing in football.
"What we discussed in the committee of FIFA was that players should be more honest to themselves and the clubs because players at the moment are in the habit of changing clubs every year. They play in Europe and the next year they are in Madrid or go to Italy or England, and the next year they change the club again. It means they don't have the love for the team but the love for money.
"So, that is what the new generation of players will have to pay attention to because no loyalty anymore, they are just looking for money, and that is the big problem we have to face in future."
Pele also answered questions pertaining to the Super Eagles:
"I've been here sometime ago, then it was a tournament in Nigeria, they had a good team and based on that, I hope Nigeria will still have a good team because the moment is very important.
"Nigerian players are good and they have excellent players in Europe and at the moment we have one year to prepare the team."
Finally, we get to find out what the Legend has been up to lately, "I am working with kids in school and also with FIFA. At the moment I am a member of the FIFA Committee; again, six years ago I was a Minister of Sports and I have continued to make friends all over the world.
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The Nigerian militant attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria have lead to the country's drastic cut in oil production. It's been reported by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mr. Mohammed S Barkindo that 12 oil facilities attacked by the militants caused the shut down of 589,000 barrels per day in two months. He mentioned that the situation is getting out of control and that all major oil companies operating in the Niger Delta have been hit by the militants.
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After the barrage of attacks by Nigerian militants in the Niger Delta on major oil facilities. The price of oil surprisingly dropped from an 8 month high of $73 a barrel last week to around $64 a barrel this week as unimpressive unemployment figures showed that America and Europe will not be making an economic recovery as soon as expected.
Head of sales trading for Saxo Capital Markets in Singapore shared these comments on the economy:
"It's not looking pretty in terms of economic data, the demand side fear is coming back into play."
"More and more people are becoming convinced we won't see a full-blown recovery any time soon."
Some other analysts still expect the prices to rise again on signs that the worst of the economic slowdown will soon be behind us. Gerard Rigby, an energy analyst at Fuel First Consulting in Sydney said "I think the market will look for some positive news and head back up toward $70, there's been some profit taking in the last week, but I don't think there was a real change in sentiment."
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Their smash hit single 'Olufunmi' was responsible for putting Nigerian pop music on the global map. Now the R&B trio are making a come back to the mainstream!
Styl-Plus recently performed for the president of Sierra Leone to celebrate the country's independence day and their performance reportedly brought the house down. This current success has certainly set a precedence for a resurgence of the group that started it all in Nigeria.
According to their manager,the group plans to be moving to Lagos, Nigeria in a few weeks, they plan to stage a concert in Lagos currently titled 'Styl-Plus and Friends' to mark their move to the city. The manager also mentioned that they are working on a new album.
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