Campaign for Democracy, CD, yesterday, said tributes Nigerians can pay to the memory of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, was to continue his unfinished task of standing against all that is unjust and enthrone a democratic, accountable and responsible order in the country.

Managing Director of Folio Communications, owners of Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, has been reported arrested by the police over the controversy trailing the management of the company, after it was acquired by him.

Striker Victor Anichebe picked up a groin injury in the final minutes of the 2-0 win over Madagascar and is unlikely to travel with the team to Bangladesh.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the US Open last 16 with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 7-5 victory over gutsy close friend David Nalbandian on Sunday.

Nigeria edge out Venezuela in 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The second half goals by Joseph Yobo and Victor Obinna gave Nigeria a 2-0 victory in Madagascar on Sunday keeping alive hopes of African Nations Cup qualification.

Although widely described as the forgotten killer of children by UNICEF, pneumococcal diseases, which include pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis – all caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria – is currently the world’s leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths among children under age five. Worse still, this triad of disorders continues to inflict a trail of unforgettable scars of ill health, premature death and a bleak survival expectation for millions of infants in Nigeria, which, currently, has the highest burden of infant and child deaths from pneumococcal disorders in Africa and is second only to India in the world.

Will I ever get tired of coming to the Punk Palace for scoops? I don’t think so. When I put a call through to the Punk King, Charly Boy a.k.a. Area Fada, requesting to interview the grand master of the Nigerian judiciary, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa (rtd), my expectations were naturally high. The excitement level was the same every time one gets the chance to sip from the human fountain of knowledge as represented in the retired judicial giant. Every minute spent in his presence leaves you feeling like one who’s had an encyclopedia of knowledge implanted in the brains. On this cool and breezy afternoon, as I sat and waited in the Punk Palace bush bar, Charly Boy clad in his boxers and T-shirt, his father, the Justice holding on to a half empty bottle of small stout and a filled glass sauntered in.

As the Super Eagles get set to lock horns with the Barea of Madagascar at Stade Municipal de Mahamasina in Antananarivo today, Bayelsa FC Team Manager Tarila Okorowanta has advised Eagles coach Samson Siasia to select his best arsenal against the all-important match.

WORRIED by continued uncertainty in the Middle East, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, held two separate meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, last weekend, where he called for a global enforcement of the United Nations resolutions on the advancement of peace.

SHOCK and outrage trailed, at the weekend, the plan by The Netherlands (Holland) police to arraign non-violence campaigner and president/founder of Rotterdam-based Hope for Niger-Delta Campaign, HNDC, Mr. Sunny Ofehe, in court for allegedly plotting to blow up oil pipelines, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in Nigeria.

AN Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in charge of Eku police station, Delta State, identified as Mr. Ayoola Adelodun, has been killed by an armed gang.

A rash of injuries to some first team players, a revolt against traveling arrangements by yet, another set of key players and a quiet resolution of all differences on arrival in Antananarivo marked the high points of Super Eagles pre-match build up to the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against an unsettled Barea of Madagascar. All that have given way to the match proper as the two sides are ready to do battle this afternoon.

Penultimate Friday’s suicide bomb attack at United Nations House in Abuja sent shivers down the spine of Nigerians and members of the international community. Not a few people were dismayed at the vulgarity and brazen nature of the attack on the building, which houses 23 UN agencies in Nigeria.

The flood disaster that led to the death of scores of people in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, was similar to the one popularly called “Omiyale” in 1980. It was indeed a day of rage. Heaven was angry.