I WRITE about Joseph Sepp Blatter as if he is dead. It is deliberate. Blatter has been in FIFA in the past 36 years. He inherited his iron fist from the Belgian-Brazilian Jean Marie Jo o Faustino Godefroid Havelange, who competed in water polo and swimming in the 1936 and 1952 Olympic Games. Now 95, Havelange, who ruled FIFA for 24 years, was deep in the scandals around the 1998 transmutation of Blatter from Secretary-General to President of FIFA. Other re-elections of Blatter (2002, 2007) have swirled more scandals.

An Owrerri Chief Magistrate Court, presided over by Mrs. Victoria Isiguzo, has granted bail to 261 loyalists of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB.

Argentina coach, Sergio Batista who led his country to their first defeat to Nigeria at the senior level was full of praise for the Super Eagles, describing the Samson Siasia tutored side as “a very good team.”

The Nigeria Football Federation has dedicated the memorable 4-1 win of the Super Eagles against Argentina in an international friendly match in Abuja on Wednesday to His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR.

Eagles’ coach Samson Siasia said that his team is aiming to beat Ethiopia at home in their Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday. The coach revealed that their famous win against Argentina Wednesday night in Abuja has heightened the team’s confidence.