Tennis Nadal and Djokovic eager to renew hostilities

PARIS - Andy Murray will draw on the experience of being a grand slam champion and Ernests Gulbis will rely on his "unhealthy diet full of ketchup" as they attempt to prevent a Rafa Nadal-Novak Djokovic final at the French Open.

The last time Murray faced eight-time champion Nadal at Roland Garros, in the 2011 semifinals, the Briton was still one of the many also-rans on the tour.

Since then, however, the Scot has captured the U.S. Open title and sent 60 million Britons into delirium by winning Wimbledon last July.

That success has made Murray believe he can pull off a feat achieved only once in the past decade - beating Nadal in a best-of-five-set match on the Spaniard's beloved red clay.

"I obviously know how to win these tournaments now so hopefully that will give me a little bit more confidence and belief when I go on the court on Friday," said the seventh seed who has not won a title since that surreal July day in southwest London.

"I'll give 100 percent of what I've got on Friday and see how it goes."

Even that might not be enough against a man who hates leaving Roland Garros without taking a bite out of the Musketeers' Cup.

When Robin Soderling designed the blueprint for beating Nadal at Roland Garros in 2009, someone should have told him to copyright the plans and sell it on the open market.

Had he done so, the Swede would have had a bestseller on his hands but instead, more than five years later, he astonishingly remains the only man to have beaten Nadal at the home of claycourt tennis.

While most pundits are not convinced Murray has the firepower to stop Nadal extending his French Open win-loss record to 65-1 on Friday, the Spaniard refused to write off the Briton's chances.

Big challenge

"He's a candidate to win Roland Garros. It will be a big match and big challenge for me," the 28-year-old Nadal, who has won 14 of their 19 meetings, told a disbelieving audience.

The only man considered to have the stamina, belief and weapons to finally knock Nadal off his lofty pedestal is Djokovic.

However, the Serb first needs to show his ketchup-loving childhood friend Gulbis that an indisciplined lifestyle does not lend itself to tennis success.

They are both graduates of the Niki Pilic academy but while Djokovic was always been a diligent student, Gulbis was more into enjoying the finer things in life - which explains why the world number two owns six grand slam titles and the Latvian's tally stands at zero.

"He was always somebody that was very enthusiastic about everything in life, you could see he wanted to enjoy it with open arms," grinned Djokovic as he recalled their teenage years.

"He wasn't really committed to work hard. But now that's changing for him. [In the last two rounds] he has won against Roger [Federer], won against Tomas [Berdych].

"He plays really well. He has a huge serve that if it goes in can give him a lot of advantage over the opponent," added Djokovic.

"He's definitely going to be aggressive and going to go for his shots against me."

It has taken Gulbis 27 attempts to finally make it into the last four of a grand slam but in case fans thought he had given up the playboy lifestyle for good, he was quick to point out that it was simply on hold.

"I need to prove to myself that I can be the best that I can be in tennis and then I'm going to have a clear and easy mind when I'm 35 years old sitting on a beach with a ...," the 25-year-old said as he pretended to take a sip out of an imaginary glass of champagne

BREAKING NEWS: FIFA Releases New World Ranking

According to the latest ranking posted on FIFA website early this morning, Nigeria's Super Eagles are ranked 44th in the world and 6th in Africa.
This means the coach Stephen Keshi led Eagles will head into the 2014 World Cup tournament starting on 12 June as the lowest ranked team in Group F as all Nigeria's opponents are ranked above.
South American power house, Argentina are ranked 5th, Bosnia and Herzegovina are in the 21st position while Asian representatives, Iran are ranked 43rd in the world.

The Super Eagles got to 44th in the world and sixth in Africa in the last edition of the ranking.
Nigeria polled a total of 640 points and will be looking at gathering more points to rise up on the log.
FIFA statement informed that results of international friendly games up to May 30 were put into consideration for the ranking, which cuts across 67 friendly matches plus continental qualifiers in CAF (26 matches), the AFC (16) and CONCACAF (3).

It could be recalled that the Super Eagles played 2-2 and 0-0 draws in their last two friendly matches against Scotland and Greece respectively.

Meanwhile, Algeria is now the highest ranked African team, moving up three places to now place 22nd in the world.

Côte d'Ivoire slumped down to two places to 23rd and 2nd in Africa, while Egypt, who will not be at the World Cup went down twelve places to 36th in the world.


In the overall ranking, Brazil steadily found its way to third position with Spain and Germany unchallenged in the first and second positions respectively.

Argentina and Switzerland moved two places up to fifth and sixth positions respectively on the log.     
The next ranking would be made after the World Cup tournament in Brazil,which ends 13 July

Rwanda 'protecting M23 DR Congo rebels

The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of "protecting" M23 rebel leaders wanted for war crimes.
A government official told the BBC that seven months after the end of the rebellion, Rwanda was also delaying attempts to interview about 500 ex-fighters currently in a camp in Rwanda.
Some 800,000 people fled their homes in eastern DR Congo during the insurgency.
Rwanda has long denied that it supported the rebels and says it is co-operating with DR Congo's requests.
The M23 took up arms in eastern DR Congo in April 2012, accusing the government of marginalising the ethnic Tutsi minority and failing to honour previous peace accords.
Following their defeat at the hands of the Congolese army and a UN brigade in November 2013, former fighters gathered in camps in neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda.
It was surprisingly easy to find the camp in the town of Ngoma, in eastern Rwanda - far from the Congolese border.
When we arrived, dozens of young men were gripping onto the camp's fence - peering outside onto the road.
After more than a year in the camp, most of them say they are fed up with the wait, and want asylum in Rwanda. Despite DR Congo's offer of amnesty, they don't feel it is safe to return.
Inside, the camp looked quite neat and peaceful. A garden, a few red buildings and a stretch of large white tents, where the former rebels sleep in groups of six.
They cook for themselves in an outdoor kitchen. They only leave the camp to go see a doctor, but they are allowed to keep their mobile phones.
On the whole, it seems like a comfortable camp - certainly not a prison. Officials tell me more than 100 of them have run away since they arrived 15 months ago.
The group's former leader Jean Marie Runiga has no intention of leaving. Despite being accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in DR Congo, he is requesting asylum in Rwanda. He is hosted in a house outside the camp, which he told me was very comfortable.

The subsequent peace accord stipulated that former fighters would be granted an amnesty on their return to DR Congo - and leaders of the group should be returned to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
But Francois Muamba, who works for DR Congo's government to ensure regional peace and security, has accused Rwanda of dragging its feet over these promises, to contrast to Uganda.
He said Rwanda was "protecting" four wanted M23 leaders, but DR Congo did not want to press the issue as it was "not looking for war" with its neighbour.
All four are under UN sanctions.
Attempts by Congolese officials to interview former fighters about their return to DR Congo had not been authorised by the Rwandan authorities, he said.
"I am speculating that this is because we will discover that about 70% of former combatants are Rwandan, not Congolese," Mr Muamba told the BBC.
"They could also be keeping these people as a means of pressure," he said.

Another Attack: Boko Haram Kills 9 During Church Service, Villagers Confront Insurgents

Barely 48 hours after suspected Boko Haram members murdered the Emir of Gwoza, Idris Titman, they struck again on Sunday, June 1, attacking a church in Attagara, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and killing nine worshippers.
The insurgents who were said to have rode on motorcycles and a truck, stormed the EYN Church (Church of Brethren, Nigeria) at about 9.30am and opened fire on the members, killing 9 people and leaving many with injuries.
Matthew Adamu, a resident of the village who fled to Maiduguri, said, "Our church has some men who provide security, especially when service is going on. As we were holding our service on Sunday, we started hearing gunshots and everybody fled. Some jumped through the windows and ran into the bushes. Some who live close to the church managed to run to their homes."
According to an unnamed police source, who confirmed the killings to journalists, the villagers and their neighbours from Agapalwa then mobilised and went after the insurgents, killing about 37 of them in a reprisal attack while they arrested three of them.
Also confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Christians Association of Nigeria in the state, Rev. Titus Pona said, he was told by his members that 37 of the insurgents were killed in the reprisal attack.
It was gathered that the Sunday attack, was a revenge attack by the Boko Haram gunmen who were angered by the arrest of some of their members the previous day in Gwoza town.
Attempts to get official confirmation from police and military authorities proved abortive as the mobile telephone lines of their spokesmen were unavailable.
However, a security source at the Department of the State Security, SSS, confirmed the incident off the record to journalist.
“Gwoza is boiling presently because the incident is taking a dimension that may spark religious strife amongst the Muslim-Christian community in the Gwoza neighborhood”, said the security source.
Despite troops of military men and emergency rule in the state, Boko Haram have continued to attack various Borno communities, from kidnapping over 200 Government school girls in Chibok on April 14, to killing over 300 people in an attack on May 7 and displacing countless others from their home in different attacks.
Infuriated by the incessant attacks on their community, some women in Attagara and Kawuri villages in Gwoza and Bama Local Government areas of Borno State, on May 26, Monday were said to have repelled attacks on their community the dreaded insurgents who had stormed the village on motorcycleshttp://news.naij.com/67470.html
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Fed Govt saves N457.96bn from contract frauds

The Federal Government  has saved an estimated total of N457.96 billion from checking contract frauds through its procurement reforms in the past two years.

This was contained in the 98-page Transformation Agenda: Review Progress report for the period 2013 to 2014 presented to the public by President Goodluck Jonathan as part of activity marking the 2014 Democracy Day celebration in Abuja.

The report, which highlighted the achievements of the administration in the past one year, broke down the savings from the procurement reforms into N400 billion in 2012 and N57.96 billion in the year 2013.

The government explained that it embarked on the reforms to address the issues of contract costs inflation, proliferation of projects, lack of procurement plans, poor project prioritization, poor budgeting processes, lack of competition and value for money in the award and execution of government contracts.

The report said: “Under the reform, all contracts must be awarded through a due process laid down by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) including advertisement, pre-qualification, invitation to tender, technical and financial bid process opening of tenders and evaluation process, to determine the company/organization that is best qualified for the contract.

“This reform is being sustained through strong political and leadership support to the BPP which has resulted in a gradual reduction in the cost of public expenditure and improved competitiveness in the award of public contracts.”

To consolidate on the gains achieved on the reforms, the report said that government has established the Public Procurement Research Centre at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) to support research on all aspects of public procurement and related subjects and to implement training of procurement officers.

The BPP, the report, said also signed a cooperation compact with the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) late last year towards strengthening its anti-corruption efforts in the country.

It also said that through the cooperation of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the BPP in 2013 sent more than 50 companies to Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for investigations for attempting to secure government contracts with forged documents or made false claims about their competence and capacity.

150 soldiers, Police Special Squad, hundreds of CJTF escort Shettima to Emir of Gwoza’s burial

The Late Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Shehu Mustapha Idrisa Timta, who was killed by Boko Haram gunmen on Friday was buried on Saturday amidst tears.
Though the first class monarch was killed while on his way to attend the burial of the
Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, none of his colleagues from within and outside the state was able attend his interment due to unpredictable security situation on the way and around Gwoza town.
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who was accompanied by his Deputy, Zanna Mustapha and Senator Muhammed Ali Ndume, an indigene of Gwoza, was the highest public officer at the burial.

Shettima and his entourage left Maiduguri amidst tight security by a combined force of about 150 soldiers of the 7 Division, Maiduguri, the police special squad and the Civilian JTF, who actually took the lead at the deserted 135km Maiduguri-Bama road.
Though Gwoza has been baldly affected by the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency that sacked many communities in the area, the burial was well attended by all kinds of sympathisers.
The crowded Islamic funeral was led by the Chief Imam of Gwoza, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad Bamanga.
Governor Shettima, who also battled to control his tears as he delivered his tribute and condolences, described late Shehu Idrissa Timta as “a man who spent better part of his reign preaching peace and tolerance.
“This is not a day for long speeches; it is a day of mourning of our late father and monarch. May Allah give us yet another monarch that will love his people in the manner Late Shehu Idrissa Timta did; in his life time he was being eulogized as one King that can keep a venomous viper in his pocket, because of his superlative love for peace and tolerance; he was known as a monarch who never showed discrepancy whether of religion or tribe. The late Emir has lived an exemplary life; he was a paragon of everything that is good in a leader”.

The late Emir was survived by his centenarian mother, 28 children, 14 grand children and 14 siblings.

HOW TO JAIL BREAK A PSP

Let me start of by explaining some of the vocab of this tutorial. (IF YOU ALREADY KNOW COMMON HACKING/JAILBREAKING TERMS, PLEASE SKIP AHEAD!)

CFW = Custom Firmware. Custom Firmware is a modified edition of an OFW, Original Firmware

Brick = A bricked PSP is one in which the firmware has been corrupted

ISO = Files you can download and put on your psp to play as games. For example, Gran Turismo.iso (One of the major benefits of CFW)


How to Jailbreak
Download the CFW Here: 660PRO-B10.fix1.rar - procfw - 6.60 PRO-B10.fix1 - X-Generation Aftermarket Firmware for Playstation Portable

2. Plug your PSP into your computer via USB

3. A popup should appear on your screen showing you the option to view the files in the PSP. IF not then navigate to Start> Computer>[Your PSP]

4. Open up the CFW you downloaded and Extract the "PSP" Folder to your Desktop

5. Go to your desktop and Open the extracted "PSP" Folder.

6. Then, Click the "Game" folder

7. Within the Game folder, You NEED to Copy the TWO folders called "ProUpdate" and "FastRecovery"

8. Once you have copied those 2 folders, you need to paste them in your PSP. To do this you go to Start > Computer > [Your PSP ROOT FOLDER] > PSP > GAME

9. After you have Pasted the 2 folders into the "GAME" Folder, You are ready to install the CFW!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CFW HAS NO RISK OF BRICKING YOUR PSP SYSTEM

10. On your PSP navigate to the "Game" section of the XMD and select "Memory Stick"

11. In memory stick, You should see 2 files. One called "Pro Update" and another called "Fast Recovery"

12. Select the "Pro Update" File and wait for a black screen to load.

13. Once the black screen shows up, It should have multiple options. One option called "Press X to install CFW"

14. Once you have seen the "Press X to install CFW"; Press X

15. Wait for the files to be install and your psp to be rebooted.

16. YOUR PSP IS NOW on CFW!!!!! (To check, on your psp go to Settings > System Settings > System Information, And it should say "System Software: 6.60 Pro
B-10")

INFO YOU NEED TO KNOW:EVERY TIME YOU FULLY TURN OFF YOU PSP, YOU NEED TO RUN "FASTRECOVERY" TO GET THE CFW. (THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!)



How to Download,Install and Play PSP Games


Now that you have Jailbroken/Hacked your PSP, You can play free games and do many other things. Here, I will teach you how to download games off the internet, and then play them on your psp for free



1. Figure out what game you want.

2. Find a website that has PSP iso's. The Most common are PSPISO.com and PSPISOZ.com (I personally like PSPISO.com)

3. Go to that website and find your game by either searching it or going through the categories. *If you are using PSPISO.com, then just go to the HOMEPAGE >
PSP GAMES > "PSP Top Rated Games Collection 700+ games already 1 Link Download NBA 2K12 FIFA 12" by Slappy20. (You can use other threads, but this is the
best)

4. Follow the download instructions and download the ISO file

5. Once the game is done downloading(Takes up to 1 hour+ based on your connection speed) you are ready to put it on your psp!

6. Plug your PSP back into your computer and Open it up to the root folder

7. In your root folder( Start > Computer > [Your PSP] ), Make a new folder (For PC users: Right-Click > New > Folder) and name it ISO

8. Put your .iso file(The game) into that folder

9. Now go onto your psp and the game should be at: "Game" > Memory Stick (Where we place the CFW previously)

10. Press X on the game and it should start up. PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL GAMES WILL WORK PROPERLY!!