Ronaldo scores four as Real Madrid crush Celta

Cristiano Ronaldo, fired up by rival Lionel Messi's midweek hat-trick for Barcelona, struck four goals in 26 second-half minutes as Real Madrid crushed Celta Vigo 7-1 at the Bernabeu.
Substitute Gareth Bale, playing his first match since a calf injury in mid-January, rounded off the rout on Saturday nine minutes from time as Real recovered from the 1-0 derby loss at home to Atletico Madrid last weekend.

Biafra's Hijacked Ship And Threatened To Bomb It If There There Leader Is Not Released By The Nigeria Government

Nigerian separatists also known as Biafra have hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign crew if authorities do not release a detained leader agitating for a breakaway state of Biafra.
Nigerian defence spokesman Major General Rabe Abubakar said the hijacking occurred on Friday. Other officers say the navy is in pursuit.
There are indications the separatists in the south-east are working with some Niger Delta oil militants in southern Nigeria, escalating conflict in a country already burdened by a deadly north-eastern uprising by Boko Haram.
Secret police detained Biafran separatist Nnamdi Kanu on October 17, accusing him of terrorism. His cause sparked a 1960s civil war that killed a million people.

About 30 People Dead In Damascus Bomb Explosion

About 30 people have been killed and scores wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Damascus, where Syria’s holiest Shia shrine is located, the interior ministry said.
State television showed footage of burning buildings and wrecked cars in the neighbourhood on Sunday. It gave no further details. The heavily populated area in the south of the city is a site of pilgrimage for Shias from Iran, Lebanon and other parts of the Muslim world.
The explosions occurred as representatives of Syria’s government and its divided opposition began convening in Geneva for the first UN-mediated peace talks in two years.
The UN has said the aim would be six months of talks, first seeking a ceasefire and later working toward a political settlement to a war that has killed more than 250,000 people, driven more than 10 million from their homes and drawn in global powers.
But the process looked highly uncertain on Sunday, with the main opposition group threatening to walk away before planned peace talks even begin in earnest.
The Sayeda Zeinab shrine area witnessed heavy clashes in the first few years of the conflict, which began in 2011, but has since been secured by the Syrian army and Shia militias led by Hezbollah, which has set up protective roadblocks around it.
The shrine houses the grave of the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad whom Shia Muslims consider the rightful successor to the prophet. The dispute over the succession led to the major Sunni-Shia schism in Islam.
Many Iraqi and Iranian Shia militia groups who volunteer to fight Sunni Islamist radicals in Syria in a conflict that has heavy sectarian overtones say they are coming to Syria to defend the shrine.

Hillary Clinton emails deemed ‘top secret’

Hillary Clinton emails deemed ‘top secret’
Ben Ginsberg, MSNBC Political Analyst and former General Counsel for the RNC and Morris Reid, Democratic Strategist, Partner at Mercury Public Affairs and former Bill Clinton Campaign Aid join Alex Witt to discuss Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Ghana Seek Improve Gas Supply From Nigeria

Ghana has unfolded plans for improved supply of natural gas from Nigeria through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPG) scheme due to the inadequacy of stock currently being supplied to the country under the current agreement with Nigeria, The Guardian reports.
Ghana has in recent times bemoaned the under-utilisation of multi-billion dollar pipeline, which supplies a paltry 50 million scfpd to the country, out of its 460 million scfpd capacity. The Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alexander Koffi-Mensah Mould, said on the sidelines of the Offshore West African Conference and Exhibition (OWA) in Lagos recently, that his nation feels aggrieved with the situation and seeks review of the gas supply contract signed about 10 years ago.
Mould said Ghana would welcome discussions with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the matter, as according to him the poor utilisation of the abundant gas resources in Nigeria is causing a setback for both nations in terms of electricity generation and thereby hindering industrial growth.
He also disclosed that his country is presently working on a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant with a capacity to produce 500 million scfpd and expected to be completed by the end of this year.He also noted that there are discussions going on between the private sector on how Nigeria could invest in the gathering system to move the gas into the pipeline leading to the plant.

Derby County 1 – 3 Manchester United: Red Devils send Championship side packing

Manchester United defeated Derby County 3-1 at the iPro Stadium on Friday evening to book a date in the FA Cup fifth round and ease the media speculation surround the future of manager Louis van Gaal.
A first half strike from Wayne Rooney and goals from Daley Blind and Juan Mata in the second period ensured a safe passage, after Rams midfielder George Thorne had equalised to see the first half end

Nnamdi Kanu arrives court for consideration of bail
It was reported that Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived the Federal High Court Abuja for consideration of his bail application.
The Department of State Service, DSS, had earlier arraigned Kanu before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same court on a six count charge of treasonable felony, but Kanu had expressed his reservation for the Judge, saying he has no confidence in him.
Following his vote of no confidence on thejudge, the matter was transferred to Justice John Tsoho.