FIFA says Arjen Robben is world’s fastest player

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Netherlands winger Arjen Robben has been declared</div><div style="text-align: justify;">the fastest player in the world by FIFA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Bayern Munich winger recorded a speed of 37km/</div><div style="text-align: justify;">h, the fastest ever clocked by a footballer at the World</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cup opening match against Netherland and Spain, on</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday, June 13, 2014.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Dutchman played an essential role in securing a 5 – 1</div><div style="text-align: justify;">victory for his team, and is now at the top of the list of top</div><div style="text-align: justify;">sprinters on the football field, ahead of seven other</div><div style="text-align: justify;">players.</div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Check out the top eight sprinters in World football:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arjen Robben – 37km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Theo Walcott – 35.7km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Antonio Valencia – 35.2km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gareth Bale – 34-7km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aaron Lennon – 33.8km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cristiano Ronaldo – 33.6km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lionel Messi – 32.5km/h</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wayne Rooney – 32.1km/h</div></div>

FIFA says Arjen Robben is world’s fastest player

Netherlands winger Arjen Robben has been declared the fastest player in the world by FIFA. The Bayern Munich winger recorded a speed of 37km...

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FG Freezes All Bank Acconts Of Adamawa State Government

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>Federal government has frozen all bank accounts being operated by Adamawa State government amid impeachment moves allegedly sponsored by the presidency against the state governor, Murtala Nyako.</strong><br /><br />According to Daily Trust, the Director of Press and Public Affairs in Adamawa Government House, Ahmad Sajoh, confirmed the development which he said has exposed the desperate efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to witch hunt officials he perceived as enemies even if it means subjecting the electorate to hardship.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />He said the closure of accounts would affect workers and salaries and social services especially during Ramadan fasting.<br /><br /><em>More details later...</em></div>

FG Freezes All Bank Acconts Of Adamawa State Government

Federal government has frozen all bank accounts being operated by Adamawa State government amid impeachment moves allegedly sponsored by t...

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Nigeria To Get Back N37bn Of Abacha's Loot From Liechtenstein

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>A small European country of Liechtenstein has agreed to return over N37bn in equivalent (€167m / $227m) stolen by the late military rule General Sani Abacha, Financial Times reports.</strong><br /><br />This decision ends Nigeria's longest running battle to recover money that the late military dictator laundered through European banks.<br />The saga started in 2000, when Nigeria first requested assistance of the tiny (population is about 37,000 people), but incredibly rich county (GDP per capita is 2nd in the world) in recovering the assets transferred out of the country by Gen. Abacha.<br /><a name='more'></a> <br />But the recovery process has not been easy. Companies linked to Abacha's family put lots of legal obstacles. Liechtenstein's constitutional court dismissed a final appeal over the return of the funds in March 2013, which infuriated the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who accused Liechtenstein of "aiding and abetting corruption".<br /><br />However, an official statement by Liechtenstein's government dated June 17, 2014, Tuesday, read:<br /><blockquote>"In May 2014, the complaint pending in Strasbourg was withdrawn by the four Abacha companies, clearing the path for repatriation of the assets once and for all."</blockquote><br />Criminal investigations and subsequent forfeiture proceedings established that the Lichtenstein funds originated from bribes paid by Germany's Ferrostaal AG to companies whose ultimate beneficiary was Abacha. They related to a grossly inflated contract for the construction of an aluminium smelter.<br />So far, Nigeria has recovered $1.3bn, the largest tranche of which - $500m - came from Switzerland in 2005. A further $1.1bn - in France, the UK, Luxembourg and the Channel Island of Jersey - is still tied up in legal proceedings.<br /><br />In the beginning of March 2014 the <strong>United States ordered a freeze of $458m in assets</strong> stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and his accomplices.<br /><br />In a surprising development, the government <strong>dropped embezzlement charges against Mohamed Abacha</strong>, the late dictator's eldest son, who was accused of receiving N100bn ($600m) of the late dictator's money. </div>

Nigeria To Get Back N37bn Of Abacha's Loot From Liechtenstein

A small European country of Liechtenstein has agreed to return over N37bn in equivalent (€167m / $227m) stolen by the late military rule G...

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