Famous football players who converted to Christianity

Converting from one religion to another is a serious decision. It takes a personal will and devotion occurring every time in every individual way. In many cases, converting occurs from Islam to Christianity or vice versa. Below, you will find a list of top football players converted to Christianity who admitted that they did it consciously and don't regret their decision.

The famous football players who converted to Christianity

Many people including celebrities do not really care about the religion they obtained at birth, many of them have changed religion to experience an awakening. The same can be said about some of the football players below, while others changed their religion because of their women.

Djibril Cissé (France)

Djibril Cissé is a French footballer who followed Islam till year 2007 when he converted to Christianity. Djibril was born on August 12, 1981.

Djibril Cissé’s story of accepting Christianity is related to his wife Jude Litter who influenced him in making this decision. Cisse’s wife was his hairdresser. They got married at Bodelwyddan Castle. There was arranged a magnificent and beautiful ceremony. Such famous football players as Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, and Zinedine Zidane were invited to the wedding. However, the couple divorced in 2012, after 7 years of marriage.

Djibril Cissé built a great career during which he played for such football clubs as Auxerre, Liverpool, Marseille, Sunderland, Panathinaikos, Lazio, and Queens Park Rangers and JS Saint-Pierroise. When playing for Liverpool, he broke his right leg in the game with Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League. Unfortunately, Cisse had to retire in 2015, at the age of 34 as he broke his second leg in a warm-up match against China before the FIFA World Cup finals.

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George Weah (Liberia)

George Weah is a former footballer who is known to be one of the richest African footballers. The footballer was born on 1 October 1966 in Liberia where he started a football career. Then, he immigrated to Europe.

George Weah played in football teams of Monaco, AC Milan, Manchester City, Marseille, Paris-Saint Germain, and Chelsea. He also was awarded FIFA World Player of the Year title and the Ballon d’Or. He is known to be the first African player to win this prestigious award. He retired in 2003 at the age of 37.

Weah’s story of conversion is complicated. He is one of many Muslims converting to Christianity back from Islam. First, Weah changed Protestantism for Islam and practiced it for 10 years before he converted back.

He advocates for peace between Muslims and Christians. Weah is also a politician and humanitarian who competed in the Liberian presidential election in 2017. Now, Weah professes Protestantism.

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Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)

Boateng’s religious views caused doubts because of rumors floating around his religious profession. It is believed that Kevin-Prince Boateng, a Ghanaian international footballer, who was nominated for African Footballer of the Year, is Christian. Though, there were rumors that the famous football player accepted Islam because of his Turkish friends and girlfriend. These rumors have been refuted after he met his wife Jenny and it was clear that the famous Muslim converts to Christianity.

According to another source of information, Kevin-Prince Boateng is a deep-rooted Muslim which he confirmed during an interview. He said he recites the Holy Quran very often and also regularly observes the very important Islamic fasting period of Ramadan.

So the story of conversion of this football player is the most controversial.

Kevin-Prince Boateng, photo from Bundesliga Source: Depositphotos

Samuel Kuffour (Ghana)

According to some reports, Samuel Kuffour, a Ghanaian retired professional footballer and former Bayern Munich defender, converted to Islam during the 2002-03 football season though he calls himself deep-rooted Christian. In the interview with BBC, the footballer admitted that some German footballers were surprised to see that him praying before the match. After he decided to convert to Christianity, it helped him to survive the death of his newly-born daughter Godiva who fell into the swimming pool. Now, he claims to be a devoted Christian.

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This was a short brief of Muslims who converted from Islam to Christianity who claimed it as their major and the only religion. Hope you enjoyed reading!

Ajimobi renames Oyo colleges, roads after self, ex-governors, Adesina, Ladoja, Alao-Akala others

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the renaming of some edifices including tertiary institutions, roads and hospitals after himself, former governors of the state, monarchs and some notable personalities in the state.

Ajimobi made this announcement on Tuesday via a statement made available to DAILY POST by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toys Arulogun.

Our correspondent reports that Ajimobi had only fifteen days to complete his second term in the office as governor.

Arulogun in the statement informed that some roads and institutions have been approved for renaming by the Executive Council of the State.

He stated that the Executive Council reached the decision to rename the roads and institutions at its meeting held on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, stressing that the process for the amendment of the enabling laws for the institutions will commence immediately.

Arulogun said that the decision of the Executive Council was in recognition of the individuals’ contributions to the development of Oyo State, their Chosen Career and the humanity.

The Commissioner, while giving a breakdown of the of the renaming of the institutions said that Oyo State College of Agriculture, Igboora will now be known as Lam Adesina College of Agriculture, Igboora. The institution is named after a former governor, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, who ruled the state between 1999 and 2003.

The Ibarapa Polytechnic Eruwa will now be called Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa. Ogundoyin during his lifetime was business mogul and a native of Eruwa.

Arulogun added that Ajimobi approved the naming of Maternal & Peadiatric Centre, Olodo Ibadan after himself. The center is now to be known as Abiola Ajimobi Maternal & Paediaitric Centre.

He further disclosed that Elebu Road is named after ex-governor Alao-Akala to be known as Alao-Akala Way, while Monatan – Olodo Road is named after Chief Rashidi Ladoja, also a former governor. The Onireke-Agbarigo Road will now be known as Onikepo Akande Road and Festac Road, Mokola now Adebayo Faleti Road.

Arulogun disclosed that the first flyover by a civilian administration in the state constructed at Mokola is named Transformation Flyover, Challenge – Efunsetan Road is to be known as Lam Adesina road, Ijokodo – Apete road is to be called Ambassador Olu Sanu road.

The newly-constructed Zonal Mediation Centre, Ogbomosho will be named Justice Atilade Ojo Mediation Centre, the Ilorin Express Junction-Ikoyi – Takie – Palace – Ogbomoso Grammar School road is now Soun Oyewumi Ajagungbade Road, while the Ibadan/Oyo Express/Iseyin-Owode with spur to Akesan-Palace and Old Ibadan-Oyo road is now Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi III road. Eleyele-Dugbe ANCE Road is now Oba Saliu Adetunji road and Idi-Ape – Bashorun Akobo Road is now Abiola Ajimobi way.

The Commissioner added that some of the projects that have been scheduled for commissioning include Oba Akinbiyi Model School, the Dualization of Challenge Roundabout-Efunsetan Roundabout (Phase II), the Rehabilitated/Constructed of the 3.6km Ijokodo-Apete Road and Associated Bridge Works, the Zonal Mediation Centre, Ogbomoso and Zonal Mediation Centre, Ogbomoso.

Arulogun noted that some of the other projects are Abiola Ajimobi Maternal & Paediaitric Centre, Olodo Ibadan, the Archive Management and Record Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan, Raw Materials Display Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan, Islamic Model School, Mini Water Scheme at Iganna Community and Ogunpa Market.

Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo thanks players for 'best day of my life'

Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo Nazario has paid tribute to his players after they secured LaLiga safety.

Victory over Rayo Vallecano saw Valladolid safe for another year.

The Brazilian superstar won two Ballon d'Or prizes and one European Golden Shoe over the course of his career, as well as two World Cups.

After the game, the whole team, backroom team, staff and board members all went to the Amazonico restaurant in Madrid to celebrate staying in LaLiga Santander for at least another season.

And Ronaldo declared: "Thank you for giving me the best day of my life.

"After all of the suffering, you have given me lots of satisfaction and hope at the same time."

Did you know that Late Yar’Adua sacked EFCC boss because he refused to marry his daughter? (See juicy details behind the sack of Ribadu)

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which was set up by the regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

The same Obasanjo single-handedly imposed the Late Umar Musa  Yar’Adua on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) which was the ruling party at the time.

It was later revealed that Yar’Adua tried to reject the offer on health ground but the PDP heavyweight allegedly insisted it’s Yar’Adua or no one else. He contested and won the 2007 election.

On assumption of office, Yar’Adua retained Nuhu Ribadu as Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, but things fell apart between them according to one of the several political revelations in “My Watch” a book written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former leader.

We’ll tell you more what played out, before then take a look at some of the power players behind the scene.

Kingibe’s role

Obasanjo further alleged that Babagana Kingibe had a personal fall-out with Nasir el-Rufai over the infidelity of one of Kingibe’s wives.

“The Kingibe case as revealed is quite similar to Tanimu’s, as a woman is at the centre of it also. Nasir el-Rufai was accused of knowingly harbouring a boyfriend of one of Kingibe’s wives in his guest house, where this wife and her boyfriend would meet.

“If Nasir chose to make his house available to his friend out of hospitality, one wonders if he could also determine which guest, male or female, his friend would receive. It would have been a different case if Nasir himself was accused of dating Kingibe’s wife!”

Obasanjo was shut out of Yar’Adua’s government

Obasanjo further narrated how he was “blacked out” of Yar’Adua’s government at the instance of a “cabal”.

The former head of state revealed that a very close friend of the Villa and a member of Yar’Adua’s inner circle, a minister from Katsina, spent two nights in his house in Abeokuta after Yar’Adua’s death.

“What he told me, which may or may not have been true, was astounding, and for me another good lesson. It was sickening how Tanimu and Kingibe used government instruments at their disposal to settle personal scores.

“At first, it was the same men now in the corridors of power, like Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi and Baba Kingibe, who suddenly remembered ‘the evil’ I had done them in the past, which they wanted to avenge.

“For Tanimu, whom I appointed Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria on the recommendation of then Governor Umaru Yar’Adua, my offence was that I did not appoint him to run and handle the Yar’Adua Presidential Campaign and manage the campaign fund.

“From what I had seen of his performance at the Federal Mortgage Bank, I would not have made or allowed such an appointment.

“For Baba Kingibe his grouse, I came to hear, was that I had advised Umaru Yar’Adua to consider the background of the man he was proposing to appoint as the secretary to the government of the federation.

“Baba was rejected by the government of Cameroon, at one time, when he was proposed as Nigerian Ambassador; and when Shehu Yar’Adua and I were in Kirikiri Prison, Shehu did not have any good thing to say about Baba Kingibe.

“Umaru Yar’Adua told Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi and Baba Kingibe my impression of them and they went up in arms, aided and supported by two governors – Bukola Saraki and James Ibori – for their own personal and selfish reasons.

“There were other men and women who played supporting roles. I was neither worried nor have apologies for my views and impressions, which are well grounded in evidence.”

How Kingibe and Tanimu hijacked the Yar’Adua’s government

Obasanjo said Yar’Adua later sacked Kingibe when “overambition was noticed by his boss” at a time ill-health was taking its toll on the late president’s work. With Yar’Adua’s health getting worse, intrigues ensured and members of the “cabal” went after anyone they perceived as close to Obasanjo, including the VP, Goodluck Jonathan, who was starved of information and access to the president.

Obasanjo wrote: “Tanimu confided in his friend, saying that they all realised that it was only a matter of time; the centre would not hold. Everybody then decided to make money for themselves before the centre collapsed; and they did so while the No. 2 man in government knew little or nothing about what was going on.

“He was kept in the dark. Government had been privatised by the cabal. For the whole of this period, the vice president could not chair a cabinet meeting, and he did not know how long the president would be away.

“During my administration, my VP chaired cabinet meetings any Wednesday that I was not physically in Abuja; and why not, after all if anything serious happened to me the VP should take over automatically.

“In this case, however, Yar’Adua’s VP was not even briefed of the president travelling out of the country. He was starved of funds for the maintenance of his office and residence and, in fact, unimaginably, was later called in to see the dead body of the president on his death bed. I know the plight of the VP because, on a few occasions, I had to encourage him to bear it by being patient.”

Before Yar’Adua’s health degenerated, something happened a few months after assuming office…

How Nuhu Ridabu was sacked and demoted

Ribadu, an Assistant Inspector General of Police, was also demoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police.

It was generally believed then that Ribadu’s refusal to terminate the corruption trial of James Ibori, former governor of Delta state and Yar’Adua’s close ally, was responsible for his travails.

While not dismissing the link, Obasanjo suggested that Ribadu’s refusal to marry Yar’Adua’s daughter was the genesis of his travail.

It was not only Yar’Adua that Nuhu had a ‘woman problem’ with, Obasanjo wrote.

Nuhu Ribadu also had a problem with Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, thought to be the most powerful man in Yar’Adua’s government, over a woman who was said to be more interested in the former EFCC chairman.

In 2014 publication by TheNEWS, Obasanjo was quoted as saying: “It was revealed, for instance, that Tanimu’s main reason for wanting to fight Nuhu to a standstill was the allegation that a woman he was interested in marrying was showing more interest in Nuhu! I understand that Tanimu, in the end, married the lady, and I wondered if that would be the end of the war of attrition against Nuhu.

“This was about the same time that Umaru encouraged Nuhu to marry one of his daughters, an idea which Nuhu spurned. Could that have been partly responsible for Umaru’s fury.

In December 2007, Inspector-General of Police at the time Mike Okiro ordered that Ribadu be temporarily removed from the position of EFCC chairman and ordered him to attend the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos, Plateau State for a mandatory one-year course.

While everyone thought he was on a course, his systematic sacking was as a result of Ribadu’s refusal to marry one of the daughters of Late Umar Musa Yar’Adua, says Obasanjo.

4 proven tricks to make a girl chase you

Simple ways to make a woman chase you [Photo/dating-sites.bestreviews.net]

It's a norm for men to chase women but do you know men too can make women chase them (if not for money)? What you do and how you carry yourself determines the wave at which a woman's love will collect for you. 

So how can you make her chase you? Here are 4 strong tips;

1. Make a strong first impression

The first impression is very important. As a man, you have to really be the man you are when you meet her for the first time or when you decide to now let it known to her that you need her. 

Don't fumble during this time. Act confident and spit words that will see her want to know more about you. She will look for you to know more about you.

2. Don't make things too easy for her

Frequent calls and chats aren't right. Don't you have other things to do? As a man, you have a lot of important things to do than chase women. Don't let her see you as this type of a man. 

Limit your contact with her and show her you are a busy man determined to make his own life better first. Focus on your things rather than her. She will love this. 

3. Ask the right questions

Don't ask stupid questions like 'Do you have a boyfriend? No! This isn't right. Instead, ask questions such as 'what do you do during your free time?', ' what's your hobby?' 'what genre of music do you prefer?' and many more. 

Asking whether she has a boyfriend or not will make her yours if she is a mature woman; in fact, you are doomed if you as this. 

4. Don't be too sweet/always there

Women hate men who make things too easy for them. How do you expect her to chase you when you are always available? 

Use absence to make her go after you. Don't be too close and again don't be too far. Give her space to look for you when she yearns to be with you. 

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Despite finishing 6th, Man United could still qualify for next season's Champions League

Can Manchester United qualify for the Champions League if rivals Manchester City are banned from the UEFA competition due to financial irregularities?

Should Man City be banned from the Champions League, England’s fourth spot in the competition will go to Arsenal after they finished fifth.

During Solskjaer’s strong start, optimism was high that United would pull off a miraculous recovery and qualify for the Champions League.

A poor end to the season means a return to the Europa League is on the cards for the Old Trafford outfit.

However, rivals Manchester City could end up giving United a spot in Europe’s premier competition.

The Premier League winners are being threatened with a Champions League ban due to financial irregularities.

City are currently under investigation by a regulatory committee following a series of leaks into their conduct.

UEFA’s financial control board are attempting to push for a one-year ban.

This means should City be removed from next year’s competition, United could receive their spot.

Due to the fact UEFA allows five English teams into the competition, the Red Devils could join Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham, who all booked their spaces by finishing in the top four.

However, this depends on whether Arsenal are successful in the Europa League final later this month.

The Gunners finished fifth in the Premier League this season, meaning they missed out on a Champions League spot.

Yahoo boys are noisemakers earning peanuts compared to American scammers - Nigerian Lady says

An Angry Nigerian lady has taken to social media to lampoon Nigerian internet fraudsters otherwise known as yahoo boys.

The Lady tagged these boys as ‘mere noisemakers and they cash out peanuts compared to scammers in the Western World’.

In her opinion, she wrote that Yahoo boys are the reason why the country is getting a bad name in the international community. She believes they earn little and go around the city making noises and giving the country undue attention.

Suspected Yahoo boys caught in Ibadan

Her post reads ;

The first ever yahoo guy,scammed bank of America running into millions of USD

Who remembered liberty reserve? The guy was caught with 50m USD raw cash

The biggest scam in ICO was 600m USD..and no Nigerian was there

The biggest scams,with huge funds,no Nigerians were there,so why do the world see Nigerians as corrupt and scams? I’ll tell you

A yahoo boy scams a sugar mama white lady of just 20,000$ and all his street people will know he’s a yahoo boy

Even Nigerian musicians who are yahoo boy use it to sing…flaunting our stupidity to the world..

The 17yr old who wokeh bank of america,used money to line his bed as foam,it was his then gf that reported him..
He was employed to build firewalls for big companies…
He was worth millions of millions of USD,yet nobody in his area knew about it..

There are instances of hedge funds scams running into billions of euros instigated by Europeans guys .
The list are inexhaustible yet we use our petty scams and noise making to chop bans from many legit sites world wide…we are our own problems!!!
Conclusion
Nigerians are noise maker
Do you know why they’re killed in south Africa?
You go person country,buy latest cars,oppress them,collect their gfs,same thing they’re doing in Europe,thats why south Africans are serving then jungle justice every day..

Empty barrels makes the loudest noise
Nigerian yahoo boys make una go siddon jare…

Mtswwwwww