United crowned champions EPL2013

Manchester United were crowned champions of England for a record-extending 20th time on Monday night following a convincing victory at home against Aston Villa.The title triumph, made possible when Manchester City slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday afternoon, came with four matches still remaining of the 2012/13 season. Now the challenge for Sir Alex’s men is to eclipse Chelsea’s Premier League record points haul of 95 from 38 games, a scenario that requires the Reds to win all four remaining fixtures.
Whether or not that happens, United will always be able to reflect on a job well done this term. The heartache of letting an eight-point lead slip in the final six matches of 2011/12 would have broken lesser sides. The Reds, however, used that disappointment as fuel on the relentless hunt for the trophy this time around.
Recent performances may have lacked the style and panache usually associated with title-winning teams, but that shouldn’t mask what’s been a record-breaking season.
En route to winning the league, the Reds became the only side in English top-flight history to post 26 wins from the first 30 games. Sir Alex’s side has also featured more different league scorers (19) than any other United side in history. And to think some tried to label the Reds a one-man team...
Of course, right now there’s only one number that really matters and that’s no.20. United are champions again!

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Genevieve Nnaji shares make-up free photo

The actress shared this photo on her Instagram page this morning. It takes a lot of self confidence to post a photo like this for the whole world to see. nice look

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Photos: Bishop Oyedepo opens mega church auditorium in Kenya

Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church and his wife were in Kenya this past Saturday April 20th to officially open Winner's Chapel Church Auditorium located in Likoni Road in Kenya. The auditorium is said to be the largest church auditorium in East and Central Africa...it's a 15, 000 sitting capacity auditorium. The Deputy president of the country was the chief guest at the opening.

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Held by Boko Haram: French Ex-Hostages Open Up On Kidnapping

Ex-hostages Cyril (L) and Tanguy Moulin-Fournier upon their arrival in Paris, with President François Hollande.
Members of the family held hostage for two months by a Nigerian Islamist group spoke about their ordeal on French national television over the weekend. They said the four children helped them get through the tough times.
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Albane Moulin-Fournier said during the prime-time interview Saturday night that there had been some "very hard moments, physically," during their captivity.
Albane was held in a different location than her husband, Tanguy, who said they were put in extreme heat with little access to water.
Tanguy's brother Cyril said a routine of daily activities for the children helped the family keep their sanity.
"There were activities. We folded up the sheets in the morning. We went to prepare breakfast," said Cyril. "It was important to keep up a daily routine."
Albane said her four children, aged 5 to 12 years old, tolerated the situation very well, given the circumstances. "[The children] did not cry, did not have nightmares," she said. "They played with whatever they could find, bits of wood, empty sardine tins."
Things started to look hopeful for the family's release, said Albane, when their captors began feeding them fruit and eggs, perhaps to help them put on the weight they had lost during captivity.
Tanguy and Cyril appeared clean-shaven during the interview, after arriving in Paris with bushy beards following their release. All three ex-hostages were thinner than before their kidnapping, but healthy.
The family was turned over to Cameroonian authorities on Thursday, and arrived back in Paris on Saturday morning. They were greeted at the airport by France's President François Hollande, who declared, "Today, life has won."
They were kidnapped in Cameroon on 19 February during a visit to a national park in the north, before being taken to Nigeria and held by the Islamist group Boko Haram.
The family had been living in Cameroon since 2011, where Tanguy was posted with GDF Suez. His brother Cyril had come to Cameroon on vacation, to visit the family.
Despite their kidnapping, Tanguy said he would still happily return to Cameroon.
"It's a superb country," said Tanguy. "We were there for two years. We have friends there and Cameroonian brothers."

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185 Killed As Boko Haram And Soldiers Fight In Borno – Officials

Fighting between soldiers and Boko Haram members killed at least 185 people in Baga, a fishing community in Borno, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians.

The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community on Lake Chad.
By Sunday, when government officials finally felt safe enough to see the destruction, homes, businesses and vehicles were burned throughout the area.
Authorities had found and buried at least 185 bodies as of Sunday afternoon, said Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga.
He spoke haltingly to Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri language, surrounded by still-frightened villagers.
Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye, also on the visit, did not dispute the casualty figures. Edokpaye said the extremists used heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the assault, which began after soldiers surrounded a mosque they believed housed members of the radical extremist network Boko Haram.
Edokpaye said extremists used civilians as human shields during the fighting – implying that soldiers opened fire in neighborhoods where they knew civilians lived.
“‘When we reinforced and returned to the scene the terrorists came out with heavy firepower, including (rocket-propelled grenades), which usually has a conflagration effect,” the general said.
Sunday afternoon, the burned bodies of cattle and goats still filled the streets. Bullet holes marred burned buildings.
“Everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning back to town because the governor came to town today,” grocer Bashir Isa said. “To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks.”

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