As the next general elections draw near, the Benue State Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties CNPP, Engr. Baba Agan has urged Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to run for the 2011, assuring that Nigerians would support his aspiration.

With Shaibu Amodu, everybody, Nigerian fans so to speak, knew who will make the Super Eagles team for any competition. At least this was the situation before the January Africa Nations Cup in Angola.

The week 26 of the Globacom Premier League encounter between Bayelsa United and Rangers F.C of Enugu at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenegoa on Sunday is better seen than imagined and much better described as the worst officiating ever witnessed in soccer history.

Not that it was planned this way but players and officials of Enyimba of Aba and Bayelsa United will be having a jolly Easter while other Premier League clubs sweat it out today and tomorrow (Easter Sunday) in week 27 of the on-going Premier League season. The teams will be playing their week 27 Premier League matches on Thursday courtesy of continental engagements involving Heartland FC and Warri Wolves.

Former Super Eagles player and now Ocean Boys FC consultant, Emanuel Amunike has told his side that the only way out to success is to work hard in order to be at the top at the end of the season.

As soon as Tiger Woods threw his Nike cap into the Masters, the rooftop of Donny Thompson’s jewellery store became prime real estate. TV networks have been pestering Thompson, wanting to rent space atop Windsor Jewellers for its rare camera angle — a clear view over the fence of Augusta National Golf Club to the practice tees where the pros warm up for the tournament.

The failure in Kenya where two Nigerian pro golfers could not find their feet at the Kenyan Open has renewed the resolve by other professional golfers to excel in the continent. Three Nigerians will be flying the country’s flag in Gbaon this weekend.

Despite the pessimism of the western world about the readiness of South Africa for the World Cup, the frenzy surrounding the event grows with each passing day. Everything needed to make it a success is on ground and FIFA President, Joseph Sepp Blatter, who was instrumental for the World Cup coming to Africa, has continuously reiterated this.

World athletics ruling body, IAAF is slow in taking a stand on Caster Semenya’s gender row. And after waiting for six months, the South African runner is ready to stage a come back to the tracks.

Long jumper, Stanley Gbagbeke is in a race to be fit for the African Championships and Commonwealth Games after going down with a groin injury.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN is moving the Golden League to Ibadan, Oyo State on the weekend of April 16, after the meet was ‘jumped started’ in Kaduna last Saturday.

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) will soon resume the training of its pilots with the “locally made” Air Beetle aircraft which have been out of use for over 10 years due to technical problems, thus saving the country huge expenses on foreign exchange.

Imo State Police Command has described the plan to phase out Automated Teller Machines, ATM, in public places as “a most welcome development.”

By Ben Agande ABUJA—The Presidential candidate of the African Liberation Party in the 2007 election, Chief Emmanuel Okereke has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Electoral Reform Act, pointing out that doing so is the only panacea to the country’s electoral problems. In an interview with Vanguard in […]

Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Anthony Agbo, has appealed to the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to consider appointing the physically challenged persons into his cabinet, saying that unless that was done, the new cabinet would not be said to be representative of the country’s population.