FORMER African Footballer and Ghanaian pride, Abedi Ayew Pele yesterday faulted Eagles Coach Amodu Shuaibu for making Kanu Nwankwo ‘a non-playing captain’ at the expense of exposing a young player to the Nations Cup.

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has smashed a drug trafficking cartel operating in the country with stronghold in Pakistan.

SENATE Deputy Minority leader, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora, yesterday said the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua and failure to hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan were treasonable just as National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, called on the Federal Executive Council to empower the Vice President to act on behalf of the President in order to end the continuous power vacuum in the country.

WEDNESDAY’S decisive resolution urging President Umaru Yar‘Adua to comply with the constitutional provision requiring him to transmit a letter of his medical vacation was hailed as the finest hour of the David Mark Senate.

Eagles striker, OsazeOdewingie revealed after the semi-final loss to Ghana yesterday that it was Nigeria’s poor tactical approach that made Ghana run away into the final with a 1-0 win.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and his Action Congress (AC), last weekend floored the Chief Tony Anenih led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) again, in another House of Assembly re-run for Etsako Central Local Government Council.

The Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) International last Sunday made public the result of an opinion poll it conducted on the Anambra State governorship election that is due to be held next week Saturday with Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coming tops. 30 percent of potential voters in the state said they would vote for Soludo on the day of election.

Barring any last minute change, the Chief Judge of the Federal high court, Justice Dan Abutu is scheduled to deliver, today, a judgment on yet another constitutional suit demanding President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to step down on medical ground.The judgment, when handed down, will be the third, in the last 17 days, from the same judge on similar issue.President Yar’Adua was flown out of Aso Rock, the power seat, in the wee hours of November 23, 2009 to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia for medical attention over an ailment diagnosed as acute pericarditis.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged President Umaru Yar’Adua before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over alleged failure to provide information on the spending of recovered stolen public funds. Also joined as defendants in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice; Accountant-General of the Federation and the Auditor-General of the Federation.

Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, formerly Judge of the High Court of Niger State, and of the Court of Appeal and until December 31, 2009, the Chief Justice of Nigeria – the foremost Judge in our nation – has braced the tape in the typical tradition of long distance runners; successful but not tired. Justice Kutigi’s story unfolded at a valedictory session held in his honour by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on January 20, 2010.