MANY soccer fans had asked the relevance of skipper Nwankwo Kanu to Eagles at the just ended Nations Cup in Angola where he was made to seat on the bench becoming a non-playing captain as it were in tennis. Many others also queried that skipper of the Olympic gold squad had overstayed his welcome in the national team.

By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—The National Association of Government General Medicine and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, Anambra State chapter has called on Governor Peter Obi to adequately fund the health sector during his second tenure. The association said though Obi actually invested so much in infrastructural facilities in the health institutions in the state during his first […]

There are strong indications that the intense pressure that has been mounted on the Federal Executive Council this week may be extended to the Senate President this weekend.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—TWO stalwarts of the ruling Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA,  in Abia State who were arrested over five months ago and arraigned before an Abia State Magistrate  Court sitting in Umuahia for allegedly sponsoring kidnapping were yesterday granted bail by Justice T.U. Uzokwe. The suspects, Mr. Eze Okwuleghe and Mr. Eme Ndubisi were […]

A new dawn appears to have beckoned for sports in Lagos State. The move initiated by the Board of the Lagos State Council led by Hon.

Organisers of the Central Bank Junior Tennis Championship have said that the best performers in the 16 and 18 categories, which serves off on Monday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Onikan, are to feature in the main draw of the senior competition, holding later in the year.

Tuesday, last week, will indeed remain an indelible date in Nigeria’s history, following the historic resolution by both chambers of the National Assembly, declaring the phenomenon Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the first Nigerian Acting President in a manner reminiscent of the election of a President.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) say they will play Paraguay in a friendly in London — but Paraguay say they are playing Athletic Bilbao instead.

When pro-democracy groups forced the military junta to retreat into the barracks in 1999, the obvious assumption was that a worst civilian government was better than the most benevolent military dictatorship. This was the maxim that is beginning to cut a big gash at the heart of true democrats who risked their lives to ensure that Nigeria returned to the civilized ways of governance.

The events of the past couple of weeks, arising from the absence of the President (who is also the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces) on grounds of ill-health, has provoked a flurry of activities, and in its wake has generated multiple reverberations, which have threatened to impose a crack on our ill-managed and papered attempt at constitutionalism.

Again, for the umpteenth time, Nigeria emerged from its ashes of constitutional conflagration that sort of defied the natural order of combustion: much like the Mosaic experience of the bush consuming the fire rather than the other way round. So it was with the recent constitutional crisis triggered off by the eerie power vacuum in the wake of the long absence of President Yar’Adua from the country on medical trip.

A new global survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, has said that attacks on journalists are getting worse, with more attempts by repressive governments to censor the media. “Freelancers and online journalists are more vulnerable than ever before”, the survey which was launched at the UN headquarters in New York during the week said. The UN new edition of the CPJ finding entitled, “Attacks on the Press” in 2009, analyses threats in more than 100 countries.

Immediate past President of NBA Olisa Agbakoba (SAN;) former Governor of Edo State John Odigie-Oyegun and factional Chairman of CNPP Mr Maxi Okwu spoke on the controversy over resolutions passed by the National Assembly elevating former Vice-President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to the status of Acting President

AS the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, continues to chase shadows over the appointment of a coach for the Eagles, one of the players has predicted doom for the team in South Africa. Hull city midfielder, Seyi Olofinjana said that the delay in appointing a coach and settling down to the business of the World cup portends a bad omen for the country.

These are not the best of times for estranged Eagles striker, John Chukwudi Utaka. Everywhere he turns to, Portsmouth fans taunt him claiming that it was his huge pay that made Portsmouth to go broke.