DISTURBED by the abysmal performance of the party in last Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone has set up a reconciliation committee made up of top stakeholders to reposition the party ahead of the 2011 general elections.

AFTER spending barely five days in captivity, the daughter of the Ondo State Works Commissioner, Miss Yemi Omogunwa has been released by her abductors.

THE National Assembly proved Tuesday it knew what to do, to resolve the political logjam that besieged the nation since last November 23, when the President went on indeterminate medical vacation.

THE British Government and the African Union, yesterday, commended Nigeria for resolving the power logjam that resulted from absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, currently receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, by installing Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President, even as the Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, admitted that the absence of President Yar’Adua has impaired Nigeria’s diplomatic relations.

He has a wide range of experience in the hospitality sector of the tourism industry. These experiences were garnered over a period of time working at top management level in hotels in this country. His name is Victor Ola Kayode. He is very much active in the Hotel & Catering Institutes.

ERSTWHILE Eagles players, Jonathan Akpoborie has cast the first stone on Egyptian coach of the moment, Hassan Shehata describing him as a middle class coach. “That he won the Nations Cup with Egypt does not put him in the class of world-class coaches.

PRESIDENT of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Sani Lulu Abdullahi was like a fish out of water after his board demoted Eagles coach Amodu Shuaibu last week.

ONE of Nigeria’s most celebrated coach, Samson Siasia has distanced himself from rendering help to the Eagles as NFF embarks on the search for a coach for the Eagles.

After demoting national team coach, Shaibu Amodu and ensuring he was out of the country’s World Cup team, former Nigerian international, Bright Omokaro has said all eyes will be on next coach the Naigeria Football Federation bring forward for the Eagles top job.

IT was inevitable that they had to sack Shuaibu Amodu. After the performance of the Eagles in Angola, the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, had to be seen as having done something to show its displeasure with the result.

After Egypt narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa back in November, few were tipping their demoralised players to come away from the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Angola with the continental trophy.

Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu took a retrospective look at the teams performance at last months Nations Cup and declared that the Eagles failed to meet the expectations of Nigeria fans.

Giovanni Trapattoni is expected to remain as Republic of Ireland manager despite reports linking him with the vacant Nigeria job.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has hit back at critics of South Africa hosting the World Cup.Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has said awarding the tournament to South Africa was “the biggest wrong decision” Fifa has made.

The Federal Government is to establish 20 farm training institutes in 20 locations in the country to boost agriculture and create jobs for the teeming population.