A former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko, has urged the people of Anioma to demand for quality leadership and effective representation and reject a culture of mediocrity associated with imposition of candidates on the citizenry.

All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential aspirant, Chief Harry Akande, says the infrastructure that will enable next year’s elections to be free and fair are not in place.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan says the 2011 presidential election is not about him as a person, but about the future of the country, just as he stressed that he was presenting himself as a vehicle of change.

Super Falcons chief coach, Eucharia Uche says the team’s target is to win the Africa Women’s champions (AWC) for the sixth time despite some challenges they encountered during the preparations towards this event slated for South Africa.

Former Super Eagles forward Etim Esin says Samson Siasia is the right man for the Eagles’ coaching job following his achievements at the youth level in the country, stressing that Siasia has improved himself, especially in the empowerment of the youth in the country.

For permanent peace to return to Nigerian football, stake holders may have decided to reconcile the two players unions in Nigeria and see them operate under one umbrella body.

In this column, recently, I have labored to enrich our thoughts on certain sports development issues, particularly, relating to the role of government in sports. Secondly, I have vigorously argued that International Sports Federations are creations of the developed world as an extension of its imperialist programme.

M-Net, premium entertainment content provider for MultiChoice’s DStv, has always prided itself as ‘the home of magic’. That ascription has made one wonder from time to time, what justification is there in the claim? There seems to be one thousand and one reasons M-Net defines itself home of magic, but a clear one that rings a bell is its music talent-search reality show, now named Glo Naija Sings after the signing of a mouth-watering three-year deal with Nigeria’s indigenous telecommunication giant, Globacom.

Interview with the National Publicity Secretary of the All Nigerian Peoples’ Party (ANPP), Chief Emma Eneukwu
Vanguard: What voting method is the ANPP going to use to pick its 2011 Presidential bearer?

ANPP: We have not agreed on the mode of adopting who will be Presidential aspirant.

This is an insight into the diabolic movement of arms and ammunition from Asia to Nigeria and for possible onward shipment to a final destination, the attempt by the importer’s agent to evade detection and why implications for a country that has just been de-listed as a country of interest by the United States of America over last December’s attempted bombing of an airliner by a Nigerian, Farouk Abdulmutallab.