As Sunshine Stars host Club Africain of Tunisia in a Confederation Cup semifinal first leg tie at the Dipo Dina International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode today, Coach Gbenga Ogunbote has urged his boys to go for a big win.

Ghana football legend Abedi Pele believes it is time for Ghana to win the African Cup after 29 years. The Black Stars last won the competition when he was an 18 year old.

It has emerged that the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation wants the contract of Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia to be respected.

Erstwhile President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ejike Asiegbu and Abuja based Nollywood actor Francis Duru damned the consequences last Saturday as they rose against calls by certain Nigerians that embattled Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia be removed after he failed to qualify the country for the forthcoming Nation’s Cup, holding in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

The proposition of recreating the old Western Nigeria, now split up under several administrative structures, is intriguing. Those who advocate idea are, of course, of Yoruba descent. As it is, only Edo State, cannot claim to be Yoruba, though a section of it is ascribed a Yoruba ancestry which, howbeit, has been strongly contested in recent times.

An order of the National and State Legislative Houses Election Petitions Tribunal holden at Asaba Delta State, to the effect that the ballot papers used at the Sapele constituency election of 26th April, 2011 during the State Houses of Assembly election be re-counted was Friday executed at the state chapter of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Asaba.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG), New York, has launched an informal partnership with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), meeting with leaders of the African group in Hollywood, HVP has learnt.

Drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day reduces risk of depression. Specifically, women who drink two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day are 15 percent less likely to develop depression over a 10-year period compared to those who drink one cup of coffee or less per week.

The ruins brought about by the military action are still visible in Odi kingdom in Bayelsa state. Though some few rich ones have managed to erect new structures on the rumbles left behind by the soldiers on their lands, many, particularly the retirees and fishermen that survived the shock are still battling to put their lives together.

Sam Onyelukwe’s rise to prominence began with the brief stint he shared with members of the defunct Kush, an R&B group that rocked Africa in the early 2000s.