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    ... Conquering the world with a Ball at your Feet

Conquering the World With a Ball at your Feet By Emmanuel Jay

       More than Half of the world's male Teenage Population aspire to become great footballers, cherished and adored by fans all over the world but only a handful of them realize their dreams. They Look up to and mirror themselves as great players such as Pele, Maradona ,Cryuff, Zidane, Jay Jay Okocha and the ever Dominant Duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The question before us now is;

         WHO ARE THOSE WHO ACTUALIZED THOSE DREAMS

Have you ever taken time to go deep into knowing more about your football idols, their struggles, determination, commitment right from their youthful age? Rather than swimmin in the pool of your imaginations. STOP WISHING YOU WERE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE!

You really want to  become great just like some of the aforementioned Football stars and yet you are not ready to go through the thick and thins? You are already giving up just after some few challenges, like seriously? You want to realise your dreams in a platter of gold? Where is the Hardwor? Focus? Determination? In the last article , we talked about Five tips to becoming a successful Footballer.

Take a look at some football stars who never gave up on their dreams
1.  VICTOR MOSES  : Lost both Parents due to war in his country but never gave up

 2.  PELE: Played Football with Bare foots on the street of Brazil with a ball formed from newspapers, grape fruits tied with a string as he couldn't afford a pair of boots and soccer balls

3. JUDE  IGHALO: Grew up and played football in the slumps of Ajegunle in Nigeria but never looked at his poor background as a limitation. Today, ighalo is one of the numerous stars who has gone from Ajegunle to the World.

4. ALEXIS SANCHEZ :Washed cars to bring in income for his family whilst continuing his rise to greatness.

5.NEYMAR JR:Who could have believed that the widely sought after Football star is a survivor from a life threatening  Car aciddent which almost took his life. Today, Neymar Jr is the Most expensive and most sought after football Player

The list Goes on and on. Now, it is very glaring that the people who realised their dreams were those who never gave up on it. They pushed their limits and today, the World is at their Feet.

          YOU ARE THE NEXT BIG THING!

Club Football continued in the midweek and witnessed the masterclass of two nigerian youngsters Victor Osimhen and Alexander Iwobi. Victor Osimhen came on as a first half substitute for injured former Chelsea Player, Loic Remy. The Nigerian forward opened the scoring for his new club Lille with a fine finish before fellow team mate Bamba made it 2 from the spot. Osimhen would soon go on to score his second and his side's third with a clinical finish after a heavy first touch. Osimhen is Currently Ligue 1 topn scorer with 4 Goals in two matches.

      Alex Iwobi made his first start for Everton and was in red hot form scoring his side's third before being substituted. The Match ended 4-2 in favour of the toffees. Lucas Digne stole the show with a masterclass Free kick from the Edge of the box.

The famous Mamman Kotangora House situated on Marina, Lagos Island has been reportedly gutted by fire.

Mamman Kotangora House

Channels Television reports that high rise building houses corporate entities, including the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Federal Mortgage Bank.
It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the fire started-off around the generator house of the building this morning.

News reaching us has made it known that the three kidnapped Orekoya kids have been found.

Recall that few days ago, news went viral on all social media platforms and even instant messaging services about how three out of the four children of the Orekoya were kidnapped by their nanny, Mary Akinloye,

Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West has excited Nigerians with an assertion about how much the pump price of petrol will be during the regime of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect.

According to David-West, petrol price will drop sharply from the current N87 to about N40 per litre. “The president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.”

The Lille goalkeeper has been nominated for the Radio France International-France 24 best African prize named in honour of the late Cameroonian midfielder

Nigeria  goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has made the shortlist for the RFI - FRANCE 24 Marc-Vivien Foé Awardfor the best African player in the French Ligue 1 football championship for the 2014-15 season, it has been announced.
The Super Eagles captain edged out Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier (Toulouse FC) and Cameroon international player Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyonnais) to win the last edition.
A shortlist of 10 players in the running to receive this year’s award was unveiled in France by state radio RFI and satellite television France 24 – sponsors of the award.

An accident that occurred at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway at around 10am on Tuesday morning claimed the lives of two people while four more were injured.

Lagos Ibadan expressway under reconstruction to accommodate a 3 way 6 lane road

The accident according to the Tribune online occurred around 9:48 a.m. Tuesday morning, when an 18-seater bus plunged into a river. RCC men who were working at the scene which was n

 
There was a gas explosion at a welding workshop on 5th Avenue, D1 Close in FESTAC Town, Lagos State on April 13, Monday.
A yet-to-be identified man was killed in the explosion while two other people reportedly sustained injuries.
The explosion was said to have occurred at about 3p.m., Punch reports.
It was gathered that when fire fighters from Ojo fire station arrived at the scene, they saw the deceased corpse lying on the floor, while the workshop was deserted.

A native of Katsina state who promised to trek from Lagos to Abuja if General Muhammadu Buhari from the All Progressives Congress won the presidential poll, has been seen in Niger state.

His name is Hasheem Suleiman. He was in Lagos when Buhari was announced the president-elect of Nigeria. Hasheem left Lagos at about 5am the next day and arrived in Ibadan around 6pm.