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‘Hand of God’ football star Diego Maradona ‘has died from a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital

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‘Hand of God’ football star Diego Maradona ‘has died from a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital

Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports.

The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain. 

Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, helped Argentina win the World Cup in 1986, the pinnacle of an illustrious career. 

He played club football for Boca Juniors, Napoli and Barcelona among others and was adored by millions for his brilliant skills. 

Maradona was responsible for the infamous ‘Hand of God’ that eliminated England from the 1986 tournament.   Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, according to reports+2

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, according to reportsMaradona's Hand of God was responsible for England's elimination from the 1986 World Cup+2

Maradona’s Hand of God was responsible for England’s elimination from the 1986 World Cup

The Argentine news outlet Clarin broke the news on Wednesday afternoon UK time, describing the news of Maradona’s passing as having a ‘worldwide impact’. 

Soon, tributes were pouring in from all over the world of football.

Maradona left hospital on November 11 just eight days after being admitted for emergency brain surgery.

The iconic former Argentinian footballer was driven away from the private Olivos Clinic just before 6pm on Wednesday as hundreds of fans of photographers tried to get a glimpse of him.

Maradona was hospitalised the previous week and had to have an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.

Argentinian TV reporters travelling on motorbikes filmed the ambulance carrying him leaving before following the vehicle to transmit every inch of his journey.

His lawyer, Matias Morlahas said that the 60-year-old would continue to receive treatment for alcohol dependency.

Maradona was expected to stay in a house near his older daughters.

Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was the coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima in his home country, had been admitted to hospital on several occasions since his retirement. He almost died of cocaine-induced heart failure in 2000 and underwent years of rehabilitation.

Maradona, who was well known for having a wild lifestyle during and after his playing days, had a gastric bypass operation to lose weight in 2005 and was once more hospitalised two years later for alcohol-induced hepatitis.

He also fell ill at the last World Cup in Russia, where he was filmed passing out in an executive box when Argentina took on and beat Nigeria in Group D.

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MARADONA’S LONG HISTORY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 

Maradona began taking cocaine in the mid-1980s – during the height of his playing days, going on to develop an addiction to drugs and alcohol over the next two decades.

His drug use began in 1982 and reportedly grew worse in 1984 when he moved to Napoli and had connections with the Comorra.

In 2014, Maradona said of his drug use: ‘I gave my opponents a big advantage. Do you know the player I could have been if I hadn’t taken drugs?’

His first real punishment came in 1991 when he was banned for 15 months by Napoli after testing positive for cocaine. Later in the same year he was arrested in Buenos Aires for possessing half a kilo of cocaine, and was given a 14-month suspended sentence.

In 1994, Maradona was back in the fold with the Argentina national team, making headlines around the world for a now-famous screaming celebration into the camera lens after a goal against Greece. His tournament was to come to an early end, though, after he was expelled days later for testing positive for five variants of ephedrine, a banned substance. He was banned for 15 months, ending his international career.

In 1995, he moved to Boca Juniors but two years later he failed a drugs test for the third time in six years, putting an end to his playing career. Officially, a ‘prohibited substance’ is all that has been revealed about that test, but Boca president Mauricio Macri has said in interviews that cocaine was found in a urine sample.

In 1996, Maradona said publicly: ‘I was, am and always will be a drug addict.’

In 2000, the footballing legend suffered an overdose, and in 2004 he had a heart attack. A year later, he was forced to have gastric bypass surgery, and in 2007 he was back in hospital again, this time suffering hepatitis.

It is then understood he stopped taking drugs, telling a journalist in 2017 that he hadn’t taken drugs for 13 years and was feeling ‘great’.

He has been drinking alcohol since 2004, though, hitting the headlines at the 2018 World Cup for his bizarre antics at a number of Argentina games. A video emerged of him drinking tequila on a plane, and he claimed he ‘drank all the wine’ ahead of their win over Nigeria.

UK Parliament Wants Nigerian Officials, Security Agencies Sanctioned For Rights Abuses

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UK Parliament Wants Nigerian Officials, Security Agencies Sanctioned For Rights Abuses

The Parliament of the United Kingdom on Monday held a debate following e-petitions received accusing the Nigerian government and security officials of human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings.

The debate opened by Theresa Villers, stemmed from a petition started by Silas Ojo. The petition garnered more than 220,000 signatories, crossing the 100,000 mark needed for a petition to be debated by the lawmakers.

Villers said the petition was prompted by disturbing violence in Nigeria over recent weeks and the petitioners have a credible case.

While condemning the suppression of peaceful protesters through travel ban and asset freezing, Villers said the plight of the Nigerian youths must never be forgotten.

Following the debate, the lawmakers demanded the UK government to consider imposing sanctions on officials who are found culpable of human rights abuses of Nigerian citizens.

The lawmakers said any individuals found responsible for these atrocities following investigations by the Nigerian government must face sanctions.

FG Will Open Land Borders Soon- Minister

Henry Williams
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FG Will Open Land Borders Soon- Minister

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has disclosed that the Federal Government would soon reopen the land borders that were closed as part of measures to curtail illegal importations into the country.

Nigeria, the largest economy and the most prosperous of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), last year August closed its land borders on account of the proliferation of illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products coming from neighbouring West African countries.

The Finance Minister while reacting to a question on when Nigerian borders closed since August last year would be reopened at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Buhari, said the committee constituted by the President on the matter had done an assessment of the gains of the closure and had recommended that the borders be reopened.

Members of the committee are ministers of finance, budget and national planning, interior and foreign affairs.

She said once members of the committee sign the report, it will be submitted.

The finance minister was however silent on the day of submission and date of the reopening.

President Calls to Respect the Outcome Election, As Opposition Cries Foul

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President Calls to Respect the Outcome Election, As Opposition Cries Foul

The alliance of parties that support incumbent president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré called on all candidates to “respect the results” of Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections, after an earlier announcement from opposition parties that alleges fraud and irregularities took place during the vote.

“The APMP (Alliance of the parties of the presidential majority) invites all the actors to respect the results of the ballot boxes”, said Benewende Sankara, during a press conference in Ouagadougou on Tuesday.

He also suggested that those candidates with a grievance should take it to court.

On the eve of Sunday’s vote, opposition parties had already claimed that a “massive fraud” was being prepared, and reiterated this on Monday, citing polling stations that did not open or opened late, ballot boxes that weren’t secured during transport, and lack of polling materials or even personnel to run the polling station.

President Ramaphosa Condemns ‘Mindless’ Truck Attacks

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President Ramaphosa Condemns ‘Mindless’ Truck Attacks

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the recent arson attacks affecting the road freight industry.

A truck driver was shot and killed, another one injured, and a truck set alight in Leondale, east of Johannesburg, on Monday evening.

This is the latest incident of attacks that has engulfed the industry, which saw at least 30 trucks targeted last week.

The President has offered his sincere condolences to the families and colleagues of drivers who have lost their lives through the intimidation and violence perpetrated by criminals.

President Ramaphosa also expressed his concern about the effect of this violence on owners and employees of the affected trucking companies and the economic disruption caused by these acts as the country focuses on rebuilding the economy.

He has since commended and welcomed the arrest of suspects in Gauteng in the past 24 hours following deadly assaults on truck drivers.

The President has since directed Ministers of Employment and Labour, Transport, Home Affairs and Police to submit a report on this matter.

Desert Locust Resurgence Worries in Horn of Africa, Reports UN Agency

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Desert Locust Resurgence Worries in Horn of Africa, Reports UN Agency

The Desert Locust crisis, which struck the greater Horn of Africa region earlier this year, could re-escalate as recent strong winds carried small mature yellow swarmlets from southern Somalia into eastern and northeastern Kenya, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

Although some of the swarmlets that reached Kenya may have already laid eggs before their arrival, there remains a risk of further egg-laying in sandy areas that saw recent rainfalls, according to FAO.

Breeding also continues in central Somalia and eastern Ethiopia where bands of hoppers – non-flying, nymphal stage locust – are present, and a new generation of immature swarms could start forming by the end of November.

Swarm formation is expected to continue throughout December due to widespread hatching and band formation that occurred mid-November. From the second week of December, several waves of numerous swarms can be expected to move south in Somalia and Ethiopia, reaching northern Kenya, FAO added.

FG apologises over faulty locomotives on Abuja – Kaduna rail line

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FG apologises over faulty locomotives on Abuja – Kaduna rail line

The federal government has apologised over the breakdown of some passenger trains on the busy Abuja – Kaduna rail corridor.

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, tendered the apology to Nigerians, Monday, during The minister spoke during his routine inspection of the Lagos- Ibadan rail project.

Amaechi expressed worries that the locomotives that were brought in by the Chinese firm as brand new, would develop fault at this early stage of their operations.

Consequently, the Chinese operators have since been recalled to either fix the locomotives, or return them to the Asian country.

To demonstrate the concerns of the federal government, the minister threatened to bring back old locomotives, which were phased out, to accommodate the new ones from China.

Number Of Priests In Asia And Africa Increase

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In the past five years, the number of priests in Asia and Africa has increased, but their number worldwide has decreased, albeit by very little, this according to the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae (Statistical Yearbook of the Church).

The Central Office of Church Statistics looked at the evolution in the number of priests in the world between 2013 and 2018 and found slight drop of 0.3 per cent, to around 414,000.

During that period, 43,000 new priests were ordained, half of whom in Africa and Asia, evenly split between the two continents.

The publication of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae for 2018 makes it possible to see the demographic and statistical evolution of the clergy and local Churches between 2013 and 2018.

By looking at the geographic and functional distribution of priests (diocesan and religious), some interesting points of reflection emerge.

As noted, the total number of priests in the world decreased from 415,348 in 2013 to 414,065 in 2018, mostly in the latter part of the period.

However, in Africa and Asia, the trend was positive, +14.3 per cent and + 11.0 per cent respectively, with a net gain of 2,200 priests in 2018 alone.

Conversely, in the Americas, the number did not change with around 122,000 priests. Europe and Oceania explain the worldwide drop, with a loss of more than 7 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively.

In Europe, where the clergy is old, the number of deaths (23,365) far exceeded the number of new ordinations by almost 15,000.

This decline was offset by gains in Asia, but especially Africa, where the average age of priests is lower. In the Americas, the demographic balance is almost in perfect parity. In the period under review, mortality varied considerably.

Africa, Central America, and South East Asia have similarly lower mortality rates than all the other areas.

Almost 6,000 priests left the priesthood in 2014-2018, mostly in the Americas and Europe (81 per cent), while the other areas saw fewer losses.

And in North and Central America, Europe and Oceania gained priests through immigration from other continents, whilst Africa, Asia and South America experienced a net loss due to outmigration.

5 ‘Terrifying’ Policies to Brace for Under Biden

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5 ‘Terrifying’ Policies to Brace for Under Biden

Love to hate him regardless – Donald Trump has been a unique president for a lot of reasons, but one in particular: he has been a dream come true for the church by protecting religious liberty.

Anyone who’s hating on trump for unfriendly immigration laws and trying to repeal Obamacare hoping that  former Vice President Joe Biden will usher in an Eldorado of friendly policies needs to think again.

What Biden is cooking up will make Hillary Clinton, who ran on the most extreme platform of any candidate in history, look like a Sunday School teacher if any of his planned policies is anything to go by.

Most conservatives don’t want to think about a Biden presidency—let alone what it would mean for our country. But as the clock ticks on and the election drags out, we can’t ignore what might be around the corner if the former vice president takes the reins.

for every God-fearing, freedom-loving American in the country CNS News’ Terry Jeffrey points out, it’s a terrifying list:

·         The very first, Jeffrey explained on “Washington Watch” on Wednesday, is to codify Roe v. Wade—making it impossible for states to limit or ban abortion for any reason. “Joe Biden wants a federal law that makes abortion nationwide a quote-unquote ‘right.’ Which I say is evil.”

And, to add to that evil, he wants to force every American to pay for it.

·         Biden wants to end the Hyde Amendment. In other words, every federal spending bill could be used in some way to fund abortion. Jeffrey said the pro-life Hyde Amendment, which has stood in the way of that radical free-for-all for more than 40 years, would be gone.

·         Biden would reinstate the Obamacare mandate, demanding that every business and nonprofit cover abortion-causing pills and contraception in their health plans.

·         Biden says that on Day One, “he’s going to force public schools and colleges to treat biological males as if they’re females. He literally says they’re going to have to let transgenders pick their own gender identity … So literally, Joe Biden will order public schools to say that anatomical males can play on the girls sports teams, use the girls’ shower rooms, and use the girls’ restrooms. Completely outrageous, absolutely evil.”

·         Last but certainly not least, the Obama vice president says he would order insurance companies to cover gender-reassignment surgeries—not only for adults, but young, impressionable children. Similar to [the] Hobby Lobby case, he’d make family-owned businesses provide that “treatment,” which is actually mutilation.

Some of these things, of course, he can’t do without Congress’ help. And that’s where you and I come in—encouraging our senators and congressmen to stand firm.

For now, though, Christians, pro-lifers, and anyone who cares about freedom needs to brace themselves for these significant moments—and be prepared to fight back.

The 60 Second rule, The Skincare Trick Guaranteed To Change Your Skin Forever!

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The 60 Second rule, The Skincare Trick Guaranteed To Change Your Skin Forever!

Everybody, skincare junkie or not, knows that there are a million little rules and rituals to be observed when it comes to caring for your skin. Some of them are basic and apply to everyone, like the general rule to bathe regularly for clean skin, while others are specifically for people with skin issues they want to address.
The skin is by far the largest organ in the body, so I’m not surprised.


Well, there’s a new rule in town, and people are raving about it. It’s the 60-second rule by LA esthetician and YouTuber Nayamka Roberts-Smith, LE . this skincare tip works for every skin type, every skin tone.
What the 60-second rule is, is washing your face with just your fingers for 60secods.


The average person washes their face for about 10 – 20 seconds which is nowhere near enough time for you to pay your skin the attention it needs. When you do the 60-second rule, you take your time and your fingers get everywhere. The ingredients in your cleansers or face soap get a chance to actually work as cleansers are the one item in your skincare routine that does not stay on your skin.


When I first heard about this rule, I had to try it because I have naturally oily skin that is prone to lots of breakouts, so I was excited about a solution. The first thing that happened was an outrageous increase in the amounts of pimples on my face. I was shocked and livid and I immediately stopped. but what had happened was something called ‘PURGING’. Because I was washing for longer, what I was doing was increasing cell turnover on my face, which works to reveal what is buried deep in my pores. My pores were not clean so all that dirt had to go somewhere.
The good news, however, is that the purging eventually goes away revealing fine, healthy-looking skin, and it does not happen to everyone to begin with.

Lastly, if you have dry skin and you’re worried that this might be stripping for your skin, the solution is to change your soap or cleansers not to wash less.

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