Gambia crisis: Jammeh given last chance to resign as troops close in

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final
opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops
entered The Gambia.
Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to
leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional
forces.

Troops have been told to halt their advance until the
deadline passes.
The Economic Community of West African States
(Ecowas) is acting in support of Adama Barrow, who
was sworn in as the new Gambian president on
Thursday.

His legitimacy as president, after winning last month's
election, has been recognised internationally.
Africa Live: Gambia updates as deadline looms
Last-ditch mediation talks, led by Guinea's President
Alpha Conde, are due on Friday morning.

Chairman of the Ecowas commission, Marcel Alain de
Souza, said that if the meeting with Mr Conde proved
unsuccessful, militarily action would follow.

"If by midday, he [Mr Jammeh] doesn't agree to leave
The Gambia under the banner of President Conde, we
really will intervene militarily," he said.
Ecowas said that its forces had encountered no
resistance after entering The Gambia on Thursday.

Two presidents: What next?
From estate agent to Gambian president
Troops from Senegal and other West African countries
crossed into The Gambia after an initial deadline for Mr
Jammeh to stand down passed without his resignation.
Mr Barrow, who remains in Senegal, has said that he
will not return to Gambia's capital, Banjul, until the
military operation had ended.

The threat by the West African regional bloc Ecowas to
remove Mr Jammeh by force is supported by the 15-
member UN Security Council, although the council has
stressed that a political solution should be the priority.
A Senegalese army spokesman, Col Abdou Ndiaye, told
the BBC that troops who were now in The Gambia
were prepared to fight if necessary.

"It is already war, if we find any resistance, we will
fight it," he said, adding: "If there are people who are
fighting for the former president, we will fight them."
But Col Ndiaye said the main goal of Ecowas was to
restore democracy and to allow the newly-elected
president to take power.

In his inaugural speech at the Gambian embassy in
Senegal's capital, Dakar, President Barrow ordered all
members of The Gambia's armed forces to remain in
their barracks.
Any found illegally bearing arms would be considered
"rebels", he said.

Why is Mr Jammeh refusing to go?
After first accepting defeat he reversed his position
and said he would not step down. He declared a 90-day
state of emergency, blaming irregularities in the
electoral process.

The electoral commission accepted that some of its
early results had contained errors but said they would
not have affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh has said he will stay in office until new
elections are held.
Remaining in power would also give him protection
against prosecution for alleged abuses committed
during his rule.

Dan Evans into Australian Open fourth round after beating Bernard Tomic

Dan Evans is into the fourth round of a slam
for the first time in his turbulent career – on
the same side of the draw as Andy Murray –
after pulling a master stroke bordering on
gamesmanship to beat Bernard Tomic 7-5,
7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in just under three hours on
day five of the Australian Open .

After missing his first
serve at deuce at five-all
in the third, and
struggling with either
cramp or a sore foot,
Evans complained
vociferously that the lines
had become dangerous
because of a light drizzle, and insisted play
be stopped or the roof on Hisense Arena,
where Murray earlier beat Sam Querrey in
three sets in high wind, be drawn across.

Evans, a streetwise maverick, dashed from
the court for a quick break, while Tomic sat
in his chair, shaking his head and, when play
resumed shortly afterwards, Evans held,
forcing a desperate fightback from Tomic to
force a second tie-break. There, he completed
the job, tormenting Tomic with his sliced
backhand to the point where he could not
control his final forehand.

Evans next plays a former finalist here, Jo-
Wilfried Tsonga, who beat the rising
American Jack Sock 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3.
The Frenchman, seeded 12, will be more tired
than Evans, having taken three hours and 33
minutes to get it done.

The Evans-Tomic battle was a wonderful
match, full of brilliant and clever shot-
making, and invested with rolling drama
from start to finish. There was a lot of mutual
respect at the finish.
“I should say thank you to the crowd,” Evans
said courtside, turning the catcalls to cheers.

“It was a great atmosphere and made the
match way better. It was tough. Bernie’s
unorthodox, plays aggressive. It could have
gone either way. I was just focusing on the
end result all the time. It was the same for
both [he said of the rain interruption]. We
both handled it pretty well.”
Tennis is crying out for players with attitude,
and these have enough to fill a UFC bill.

Evans, who hit 58 winners and nine aces to
Tomic’s 17, held his nerve the better in key
points but the Australian contributed to the
entertainment too, stroking the ball elegantly
in reply to the artful tennis of the
Birmingham player, two years his senior but
similarly headstrong.

“Me and Dan Evans are good friends and I
respect him for what he’s achieved,” Tomic
said beforehand of the history between them.

The Australian’s father, John, once
memorably told Evans he was not good
enough to hit with his son – although he won
their only Tour encounter, over five terrific
sets at the US Open in 2013. Evans was not
bothered when asked about it this week, but
clearly he will have taken a lot of satisfaction
from this win.

It was a delicious match-up of styles, Evans
probably a little more court-smart, Tomic, the
last of 11 Australians in the men’s draw, a
delight when opening up with his languid
power behind one of the most reliable serves
in the game, but he couldn’t hold in the first
game of the match, and the Birmingham
player was into his stride.

What Evans understood (and which Tomic
plainly knew) was the Australian is at his best
when feeding off his opponent’s power, so
down it came in a welter of slices and drop
shots, Evans holding with a single-handed
backhand slap down the line.

He inexplicably handed the break back from
40-15 up with a couple of sloppy ground
strokes – only for Tomic to reciprocate
immediately, then squander two of three
break points before forcing a final error out
of Evans in the sixth game. It was not shaping
up as a conventional contest, and on they
stumbled to parity, until Evans got another
precious break point at 5-all, and Tomic
obliged by shoving a lazy forehand into the
tramlines.

Evans served out to love with an ace – and
another big hit wide that struck a ball girl. He
apologised, smiled and moved on, in grand
style as it happens, taking the second set on a
tie-break, then moving through the gears in
the third.

He framed a volley to avoid break point in
the seventh game, but thrashed a volley
needlessly for deuce. Tomic let his attacking
instincts disrupt his rhythm and Evans drop-
shotted him for 4-3.

He was under serious pressure in the ninth
game and played with courageous intent to
save three break points, one with a running
winner that Tomic was magnanimous enough
to applaud. He hit the fastest of his aces,
131mph, but looked to be seizing up with
cramp or soreness in his right foot before
smashing at the net for 5-4.

And then followed his artful dodging.
Probably the only Australian not screaming
insults at him for what they perceived as
gamesmanship was his girlfriend, Emma
Blake-Hahnel. Life is rarely dull with
Dangerous Dan.

See The 10 Signs Your Girlfriend Just Slept With Someone Else

I know that many ladies will not like this thread but
the truth is bitter they say. These are perfect signs
that your girlfriend just tumbled beneath the sheets
with someone else.
Note:- These signs don’t work for Badoos

1. She smells of Fluid
For those of us who have high sense of smell than
that of a shark will attest to this. As for me, I can
smell Fluid on a lady’s body even if she’s 100km
away. This mostly happens when a lady fails to
shower or clean up herself aftermath of the deed.

2. She rushes to the bathroom
Just when your girlfriend returns from somewhere
and the first thing she does is rush to the bathroom
to clean up and sleep afterwards, something
suspicious is happening.

3. She smiles sheepishly
The moment she sets her eyes on you after sleeping
with someone else she will be smiling sheepishly
even when situation does not warrant that smile.
This may be due to guilty conscience.

4. She tries to avoid eyes contact with You
Another sign that your girlfriend just tumbled
beneath the sheet with another dude is that she will
avoid eyes contact with you during conversation. Try
just to give her a suspicious look and you would
notice discomfort printed on her face.

5. Her shirt looks Rough and Dirty
The region of the left and right side of her breast
pockets will be slight rough and dirty since na that
region guys dey squeeze pass. Though, this may only
be visible when she’s putting on a white shirt. I
noticed this when my friend’s visitor came out of his
room yesterday.

6. She would turn down your advances
Just after she has made love with another person
and you try to coerce her into love making, she
won’t be excited to have intimacy with you. She will
always look for an excuse telling you how tired she
is, or she’s not in the mood.

7. She spends more time in the toilet
Let’s assume she normally poo poo for 10 minutes
but one day she returns from somewhere and goes
to the toilet and spends up to one hour shocked This
shows that something is wrong which might be what
we are talking about.

8. She starts nagging unnecessarily
She flares up the moment you ask what kept her so
long. She will go mad telling you to stop getting her
upset with you irrelevant question and that you don’t
trust her to have asked such a question

9. Her lipstick is wiped off
Another way to know that she just got laid with
someone else is that her lipstick will be wiped off.
Let’s assume she applied heavy lipstick before going
out and on returning back her heavily applied lipstick
disappears, there’s high tendency that she has
locked her lips with someone else.

10. Her make up is freshly applied
Another sign to watch out for is that her make-up is
freshly applied. Her hair will be well packed, her
clothes well adjusted and sprays perfume.

Person wey commot in the morning dey return back
in the evening and the make-up is freshly applied.
This shows there’s possibility that she reapplied the
make-up after the deed was done so that you won’t
smell something.

Checkout The 7 Things That Can Destroy The Life Of Any Young Man

There are many things that can destroy the life of a
young man, hurt their destiny, stop their growth,
slow their progress or block their advancement in
life.
All young men should know this things and avoid
them.

1. living without purpose and vision
A friend of mine once said, “Guys of nowadays love
Television but don’t have Vision “.This is nothing but
the truth.Most guys don’t have vision, aspiration or
even a plan for tomorrow.You can’t be the best in
any trade if you don’t have anything you’re pursuing.

2. Alcohol And Drug
The use of alcohol and drug is another way young
men ruin their lives.When a young man is exposed to
drug and alcohol at a very tender age, the effects
goes beyond what they ever expect in life, as they
easily get inducted into the dark world of crime.

3. Wrong Association
The company a young man walks with, will ultimately
determine what he will become.Choose your friends
wisely.
Some friends are multipliers while some are
destroyers.A wise man once said “Show me your
friends and I can accurately predict your future.The
company you keep determines your
accomplishments.

4. Crime
Wrong association and information, leads to drugs
and alcohol usage.The resultant effects are crime,
gang fights, cultism, armed robbery murder etc. At
the end, the law catches up with those young ones
and helps them waste many years in the college for
stubborn and foolish prison yards.

5. Sexual Immoralities
Lust, fornication, pornography, rape, masturbation
etc are all sexual immoralities and serves as a
media the devil uses to destroy the life of young
men.Don’t expose yourself to them, don’t company
with those that are involved in it because it will end
up destroying you.

6. Laziness
Hatred of work, oversleeping, indolent lifestyle is
dangerous to the life of any single man.
A man, I mean a real man should be bold enough to
work, he must be a man of the field, planting and
harvesting for his future.
When a man is a lover of his bed, lazy and
lukewarm, there’s no way he will not serve his mates
and live in abject poverty and penury throughout is
lifetime.
Last buh not the least..

7. Love Of Money
Love of money is a great destroyer of many young
men nowadays.Some even results in rituals, that
later end up their lives soon.Don’t think without
money, you can’t reach that place you desired to
be.. And always remember, Vanity Upon Vanity, All Is
Vanity.

Note:- This article is meant for everybody.
The way young men are destroying their lives in this
Society, is appalling.
Are you guilty of any of these?
Please it isn’t too late to make a CHANGE.

See The 5 Funny Styles Nigerian Guys Use To Toast A Woman (Find Yours)

Most Nigerian guys have a lot of growing up to do
when it comes to psyching ladies. They have not
given up on the weird ways in which they ask ladies
out or call out to women.

Toasting Styles
In this present age and time where there is
technological advancement, you will expect some of
these Nigerian guys to flow with the tides and be
more confident when it comes to asking women out.
You would even expect some of them to be brave
and summon the courage to walk up to women.
Moving on to the ridiculous ways in which men
approach women in Nigeria, you will laugh at some
of the things they use as their pickup lines. Women
on the other hand are tired of hearing the same old
story and are more likely to turn down whoever
approaches them with lame lines.
Find below some of the lame and ridiculous lines
Nigerian guys use when they want to ask women
out:

1. The whistlers
Nigerian guys in this group are usually the touts and
agberos you see around. They would rather hang
around in groups and make noise when they see a
pretty lady walk by. You will not even be sure of the
one that has interest in the babe as they would keep
making funny sounds with their mouths.
If you the lady looks in their direction, they would be
inspired to throw lewd and bawdy remarks at her. If
she ignores them, they would insult her and her
generation.

2. The swagalicious bouncers
The Nigerian guys that fall within this group are so
conscious of themselves. They believe in the have
the confidence to walk up to any woman and ask
her out. This confidence is not so far-fetched;
having dressed in sagging jeans and some shirt with
sneakers, they feel they are presentable enough for
any girl to like and immediately fall for.
They however mess up the situation with the
attitude they put up with it, they bounce and are so
conscious of themselves to the point that they do
not pay attention to what the ladies are saying.

3. Those who call you baby the first time
Some Nigerian guys do not know that women get
turned off when they walk up to them for the first
time and start to use words that are endearing on
them. It makes them look cheap as the women keep
wondering if they use these words for every woman
they meet.
Those who call women ‘baby’ are usually business
men who have goods on the high sea; they are
boisterous and entice women with their assets.

4. The weaklings
The Nigerian guys you will find in this category are
those who feel intimidated by women and their
successes. They would stick around as friends until
they gather enough momentum to tell the women
about their feelings. They are usually afraid of being
turned down and would tag along until they feel the
women are starting to acknowledge them.

5. The smooth guys
Trust me when I say the Nigerian guys in this
category are good; they are so smooth they would
have you trip with the silliest remark they say.
Whether they make sense or not, most girls would
drop their guards when men like these approach
them.

Which style do you Use? Mine is number five (5)

Nigerian Singer Nikki Laoye Rejects Invitation To Donald Trump’s Inaugural Concert

Award-winning Nigerian singer, Nikki Laoye, has
revealed she received the invitation to Donald
Trump’s Inaugural Concert held at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, ahead of the 58th
Presidential Inauguration holding today.
The singer, who did not state her reason for turning
down the invitation, captioned the screenshot of the
invitation sent to her inbox;

“Eh yaah! Sorry P.E Donald Trump,
don’t think I can make it,”
Got an invite to the inagural concert
happening today at the Lincoln
Memorial. Thank for the invite
anyways.”

CRIME Man who allegedly stole $1.6M in gold flakes in NYC arrested in Ecuador; was reportedly deported 4 times

The man police say snatched $1.6 million worth of
gold flakes from an armored truck in New York City
in September was arrested Thursday in Ecuador,
The Daily News reported.
The report said Julio Nivelo, 53, was deported four
times to Ecuador, but managed to make his way
back to the U.S. Federal agents from Homeland
Security assisted in his capture.
The report said authorities believe Nivelo made his
way from New York to Florida and then to
California. It is believed he made his way to
Ecuador from California.
He was described in the report as a career
criminal and police sources told the paper he
made similar grabs ranging from jewelry in a
courier truck and camera equipment.
Still, the video of the gold flakes swipe was
remarkably brazen to many.
The footage is said to show the man capitalizing
on a 20-second window left open by the guards,
one of whom was making a pickup while the other
was walking to the front seat.
The theft unfolded on West 48th Street in the
Diamond District on Sept. 29 — in broad daylight —
as tourists and locals were walking in and out of
the countless jewelry stores that line the block.
A surveillance camera captured the opportune
heist on tape and showed the man making off with
the 86-pound bucket. Throughout his hour-long
escape, he appears to struggle with the gold flakes
— stopping to set them down several times and
even attempting to carry them on his shoulder at
one point, according to NBC.
There is no immediate word as to where the gold
flakes are.