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30 days on, how does the UK feel about leaving the EU? (Lekan Macualay's Blog) 21 July 2016 Last updated at 10:10 BST One month after Britain voted to leave the EU, how are people in the UK feeling about it? To get an idea, ComRes interviewed 1,000 UK adults by telephone between the 14th and 17th July 2016 for BBC radio 5live Amongst other findings, 61% of those asked did not think referendums should be used to make major decisions about Britain’s future.

 A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco.   (Lekan Macualay's Blog) A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco. The stone got past the elephant's fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement. The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added. The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said "this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual". It went on in French to point out two other recent incidents in the US: In June an alligator killed a two-year-old boy at Walt Disney World in Florida In May, zookeepers killed a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo after a three-year-old boy fell into its enclosure. Phyllis Lee, Scientific Director of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, says ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has wasted its first year in office   (Lekan Macualay's Blog ) The PDP’s comments were made by spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye via a statement released on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The statement reads in part: “The truth which history will bear out is that the PDP in its 16 years of rule successfully completed numerous projects that substantively changed the infrastructural landscape of Nigeria.” “Every one of those 16 years were years of great productivity with remarkable landmark achievements. This is very much unlike the APC which has already wasted one full year without even scratching one square meter of ground anywhere in the Country.” Adeyeye also condemned the APC government for claiming the Abuja – Kaduna Rail Line Project which he said was conceptualized, awarded and constructed by the PDP’s administration. President Buhari commissioned the railway proje...

Former coach of the Super Eagles , Sunday Oliseh has claimed that that he almost died as manager of Nigeria' senior national team manager. Oliseh controversially resigned from his position as chief coach of the Super Eagles in February 2016 citing contract violations, unpaid wages and benefits to players and assistant coaches. play Sunday Oliseh was appointed coach of super Eagles in July 2015 and resigned in February 2016 (TheNFF.com) Oliseh it could be recalled spent several weeks in a German hospital , missing the training camp of the Super Eagles Team B ahead of the 2016 Africa Nations Championship . During the tournament, the former Super Eagles coach was said to be in constant paranoia from fear that certain people are after his life . play Sunday Oliseh says he was bedridden for several weeks before the 2016 African Nation Championship (Twitter/NFF) In his latest expose since quitting as Super Eagles...

Madeira airport to be named after Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo's hometown of Madeira honoured the island's favourite son by naming their international airport after the Portugal captain. Cristiano Ronaldo 's hometown of Madeira honoured the island's favourite son by naming their international airport after the Portugal captain and Real Madrid star. Miguel Albuquerque , president of the Regional Government, made the announcement on Friday following Portugal's triumph at Euro 2016 , with the Santa Catarina Airport in Funchal to be renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport . Ronaldo, 31, captained Portugal to their first major tournament title in France earlier this month, helping Fernando Santos and Co. to a 1-0 win over the host nation, despite suffering a knee injury in the final. The announcement came on the same day former Manchester United forward and three-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo opened his own hotel in the city. Ronaldo and Albuq...

Real Madrid star opens his first hotel Cristiano Ronaldo has unveiled the first in his own line of 'CR7' hotels in his hometown of Madeira.  Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo has opened his first hotel from his ' CR7 ' line. Ronaldo in December, 2015 unveiled his range of 'CR7' hotels in different four cities which he invested £54m on. The hotels are to be located in his hometown of Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid and New York. The Portugal international on Friday, July 22 unveiled the first one which is located in his hometown of Madeira. play Cristiano Ronaldo waved to fans at the unveiling of his 'CR7' hotel in Madeira (Getty Images ) Ronaldo owns the hotels in partnership with Pestana Hotels who will be managing the venture for the legendary football star. Ronaldo and Dionisio Pestana have been friends for many years and have decided to invest in a business together. The hotel in Madeira has 4...

Peter Okoye has demystified his bran. After his obviously scripted apology Peter Okoye has reduced his quality with this latest round of flip flop.   by Lekan Macualay I have always admired Peter Okoye - the flashy and more socially friendly of the Okoye twins. When rancour rose in the Psquare brand earlier in this year and the brothers were about to split, I supported Peter Okoye because I felt that he had most of the traits a star has. After his apology yesterday (July 25, 2016), I no longer rate Peter Okoye highly. His (borderline humorous and scripted) apology has demystified his brand and shattered the super star aura he had. Most of his moves lately can be described as desperate PR stunts that should be relegated to upcoming celebrities and not an established star like himself. So yesterday Peter Okoye posted a video on his Instagram page and a wrote a lengthy apology that made my eyes roll. " We are back because brothers do not let each...