by Ifreke Inyang

(30th May – 4th June, 2011)

We keep you updated on notable events from everyday of the past week!

30 May, 2011

Suspended FIFA vice-president, Jack Warner made public an e-mail that claims Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam ‘bought’ the 2022 World Cup finals for Qatar.

30 May, 2011

Rapper Sean Kingston was hospitalised after a jet ski accident in Miami. The Beautiful Girls singer was said to be in a ‘critical condition’ in hospital after his watercraft hit Palm Island Bridge. The 21-year-old was on the jet ski with a female passenger and both were injured after the crash.

31 May, 2011

Versatile comedian Julius Agwu and his beautiful wife, Ibiere marked their 3rd wedding anniversary.

31 May, 2011

Anyim Pius Anyium, who is a  former Senate President was installed as  the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

1 June, 2011

FIFI President, Sepp Blatter was re-elected after 186 out of 208 FIFA members chose the only man on the ballot to serve again as president.

2 June, 2011

Rating agency Moody’s downgraded Greece again, saying there is a 50% chance of a debt restructuring in the next five years.

3 June, 2011

Reports say President Ali Abdullah Saleh and other top officials were injured in an attack on the presidential compound in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

3 June, 2011

A federal grand jury charged two-time presidential candidate John Edwards with soliciting and covering up the secret spending of more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House.

4 June, 2011

High-profile Pakistan militant leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan, locals there said.

4 June, 2011

The World’s oldest working model, Carmen Dell’Orefice turned 80. She has been working since her first Vogue cover aged 15.