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Florent Malouda and Paulo Ferreira are among the high-profile players who will leave Chelsea this summer. France winger Malouda and Portugal full-back Ferreira will not be retained when their contracts are up at the end of the month. And the list of departures also includes Yossi Benayoun and goalkeepers Ross Turnbull and Hilario. Malouda was a second-half substitute in Chelsea's Champions League final triumph against Bayern Munich little more than a year ago, but that proved to be his final appearance for the club. The 32-year-old, who made 230 appearances following a £13.5m move from Lyon in 2007, was not even given a squad number this season. Ferreira's exit comes after a nine-year spell featuring three Premier League title wins while Benayoun, who returned to Stamford Bridge last season after a year at Arsenal, did not convince the Chelsea hierarchy he was worth a new deal. The departures of Turnbull and Hilario, meanwhile, will inevitably lead to specula

Turkish champions Galatasaray has opened talks with Chelsea for Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi, MTNFootball.com reports.   Galatasaray sporting director Bulent Tulun is currently in London talking with the top hierarchy of the London club on the acquisition of Mikel. The deal is being brokered by Nigeria FIFA agent Babawo Mohammed and Hasan Egilmez and if it goes through, Mikel Obi will join up with his former Chelsea team mate and friend Didier Drogba. A source in Turkey told MTNFootball.com that Galatasaray officials want the Nigerian to join their squad. “As I speak to you, Galatasaray sporting director Tulun is in London to discuss on signing Mikel Obi from Chelsea this summer, we want to sort out with his club first before we will open discussions with the player,” the source told MTNFootball.com One of the agents facilitating the transfer Babawo Mohammed further confirmed Galatasaray’s interest in the Chelsea star to MTNFootball.com “Galatasaray officials have shown

Here are things you need to consider before walking down the aisle with your partner; 1)  Do Not Marry Potential:  Oftentimes men consider marrying a woman hoping she never changes while a woman considers marrying a man she hopes she can change.  This is the wrong approach on both accounts.  Don’t assume that you can change a person after you’re married to them or that they will reach their potential.  There is no guarantee, after all, that those changes will be for the better. In fact, it’s often for the worse. If you can’t accept someone or imagine living with them as they are then don’t marry them.  These differences can include a number of things such as ideological or practical differences in religion, habits, hygiene, communication skills, etc. 2)  Choose Character over Chemistry:    While chemistry and attraction are no doubt important, character precedes them both. A famous quote follows, “Chemistry ignites the fire, but character keeps it burning.” The idea of falli

A Texas banker is upping the ante to $1 million for whoever solves a tricky problem that’s been dogging mathematicians since the 1980s. The Texas based American Mathematical Society (AMS) on Tuesday said $1 million will be awarded for the publication of a solution to the Beal Conjecture number theory problem. Dallas banker D. Andrew Beal first offered the Beal Prize in 1997 for $5,000. Over the years, the amount has grown. AMS spokesman Michael Breen says a solution is more difficult than the one for a related problem – Fermat’s Last Theorem – which didn’t have a published solution for hundreds of years. Mr Beal is a self-taught mathematician and founder of the Beal Prize. He says he wants to inspire young people to pursue math and science. An AMS-appointed committee will award this prize for either a proof of, or a counterexample to, the Beal Conjecture, published in a refereed and respected mathematics publication. The prize money is being held in trust by the AMS

Since the governor of Lagos can't get Boli in Shoprite, he heads to street where he could get. Moral of the story :- The poor too also have a place in the society. Eko o ni baje o..

News Emerging state that the reason for the PDP''s suspension of Governor Aliyu Wamakko of sokoto state was due to the Governor not picking up phone calls from the People's democratic party (PDP)  While trying to justify the latest suspension of Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, the PDP said he didn’t pick calls made to him by their national chairman, Bamanga Tukur… In a statement released in Abuja on Thursday, PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh claimed why the governor was suspended because Tukur had called to ask him to explain his recent comments, but that he was unable to get across to the governor. The party said the wrote a letter to Governor Wamakko but the letter was responded to by the PDP state Secretary. An act the PDP and Presidency say is an insult, hence the decision to suspend the governor. But Governor Wamakko said he’s out of the country on official trip and he’s sure that the government knows that he’s not on seat. A source hinted that Wamakko w

The Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria Mr.Steve Evans,  has described the celebrated porting of the comedian Hafiz Oyetoro popularly known as Saka as a mistake, noting that he will return back to Etisalat fold after 90 days. Speaking in Lagos yesterday at a media Roundtable on Mobile Number Portability (MNP), Evans noted that “We all make mistakes in life” and the decision by Saka to port from Etisalat to a rival network MTN Nigeria was one of such mistakes on the part of the comedian. In what could be regarded as one of the official statement by any high ranking staff of Etisalat since Saka ported over a month ago,  Evans said he is hoping Saka would realise his mistakes and port back at the end of the 90 days grace period given by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for subscribers to port back to any other than his original network. The CEO noted that Etisalat was well prepared for the MNP and has built and expanded its network to accommodate over 30 milli

Peter Okoye's baby mama, Lola Omotayo responded to online comments regarding a recent interview. On her twitter page, she assures everyone that she is okay not being married to the one half of P-Square group, Peter Okoye and she does not need a ring to validate her relationship. Read below;