FRESH 4RM GIM

UEFA on Tuesday elected French football legend Michel Platini unopposed for a third straight term as president of Europe’s governing body. Platini, 59, was returned by acclamation by the 54 member federations as there was no other candidate. Platini promised to run the world’s most powerful continental federation with more “democracy” and also offered more cooperation with the heads of other confederations.

Diego Simeone has agreed a new contract with Atletico Madrid that will keep him in charge at the club until 2020. News of the Argentinian manager’s continued tenure was reported by Atletico’s Twitter feed. Simeone thanked the club and its staff “past and present” for the hard-work and belief they have given him. He wants to keep Atletico moving forward, reported by AS: “Ahead of us we can look forward to a new stadium, there is a great deal of excitement.

Real Madrid have suspended their supporter, who has been identified as one of those who attacked Gareth Bale’s car on Sunday, following the El Clasico defeat. Luis Suarez scored the winner for Barcelona, after Cristiano Ronaldo had cancelled out Jeremy Mathieu’s opener, as Madrid fell four points behind in the title race. As the players drove out of the training camp after arriving from Nou Camp, three men insulted and hit at least one of their vehicles. Forward Jese, Carlo Ancelotti and Sergio were the other targets of the attack.

Mother of Ghallywood actress, Nadia Buhari- Chaddy has given some clue on the identity of the father of her daughter’s newly born babies. News had earlier surfaced that the father of the kids is not from Nigeria or even a celebrity but her former university mate. While the actress fans are still waiting patiently to get the big news of who may be the father of the twins, her mother took to her instagram page yesterday to post a man hugging her daughter .

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission and five others to pay the All Progressives Congress (APC) N500 million for unlawfully shutting down the party’s presidential campaign fund raising platform. The order was given by Justice Ibrahim Buba on Tuesday in response to APC’s originating summons on the shutting down of its fund raising platform by the NCC. Buba said the APC’s position was protected by the constitution with regard to pushing for its fundamental rights once violated.

The Airbus A320 operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France earlier this morning, police and aviation officials said. The plane was travelling from Barcelona, Spain, to Duesseldorf, Germany. The local La Provence newspaper said the Airbus A320 was carrying 142 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew, citing aviation officials. The passenger plane had flight number 4U9525 and disappeared from radar at around 9.39am.

US singer Taylor Swift poured out heavy cash to purchase two new domains TaylorSwift.porn and Taylorswift.adult. According to US magazine, The two URLs were included in a group of new generic top-level domains that are slotted to become available for public purchase on June 1st. Brands and celebrities are reportedly given access to those in their name in what is known as a “sunrise period,” ahead of the sell date. According to CNN, Swift was joined in her preemptive move by Microsoft, which bought the URLs Office.porn and Office.adult.