Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in the friendly against Brazil in the American city of Boston on Tuesday, his country’s doctor has confirmed.

SENATOR Yisa Braimoh, yesterday took a swipe at former Federal Commissioner For Information and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, urging him and members of Congress for Equality to be voices of moderation and not causing more problems to the political crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Popular comic-actor, Charles Inojie is still wondering how he was tricked into featuring in that lewd film titled ‘Calabar Girl’ directed by Jerry Don Nwachukwu. The film was produced by Divine Ezeibekwe and banned immediately after it was released sometime in May, this year by the National Film and Video Censors Board. Charles recounts the story of how he got involved in the production. He also talks about the coup that catapulted him to the top while working as an Assistant Director under Lancelot Imasuen among other issues.

In a ground breaking feat, fast rising Nigerian Gospel act, Ifeanyi Orji Henry aka Henrisoul has become Africa’s first alternative gospel music artiste to debut his music video on Black Entertainment Television BET’s famous satellite music show 106 & park with ‘blow my mind’.

Pandemonium broke out in Ota, in Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state when some Church workers allegedly beat and detained five officials of the state Internal Revenue Service over N2 million tax duty.

NIGERIA is trapped in the local language dilemma, accustomed to speaking English, the language of British Colonialism as the Imperial power tended to wield together, people of diverse ethnic languages, cultures, traditions and religions. English was regarded and seen as the language of unity and administrative convenience in the amalgamation of northern and southern protectorates in 1914 to form such a big country in Africa with the largest population in the continent.

It all seemed to be going well last Saturday as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP held a special national convention in the Eagles Square. Security concerns arising from the Boko Haram insurgency had been almost adequately addressed with the decision to block traffic on all major roads leading to the Eagle Square.

THE nomination exercise of the governorship candidates of the political parties participating in the November 16 election in Anambra State had come and gone, but beneath the party primaries were intrigues that caught many gubernatorial aspirants napping.

Worried by desperate move by some politicians to edge out his ‘godson’ from office, former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, may have begun serious moves to save Governor Danbaba Suntai’s job.

We need a lingua franca that would bind us together as a nation and people. But, the more we clamour for indigenous languages, the more our differences continue to stare us in the face. Presently, we are not speaking as one nation because of our diversities both in the language and culture. But, I want to categorically point out that, we need a national language that would enable us stay together as a nation and people.

POLICE in Ondo state have arrested two armed robbery suspects who raided a filling station in Ondo town in the state capital.
However, three other members of the gang escaped with a loot totalling N250, 000.

RIVERS State government has said it doubted claim by the State Police Command that the deployment of Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s Escort Commander was in compliance with a directive from the Inspector General of Police.

Nigeria and South Africa are among 16 nations hunting seven play-off places this weekend when the African World Cup qualifying group reach a climax. Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Gabon, Libya, Malawi, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia complete the line-up of hopefuls.

The entire country —or almost the whole country— has been startled by the sudden decision— well, at least, it seemed unexpected —of a sizeable chunk of the pecking order of the Peoples Democratic Party to break away and form another—if not a different — political group.

CRISIS rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seems to be taking a different dimension following the allegation that some Senators who have identified with the Alhaji Kawu Baraje have commenced consultations and lobby to unseat the Senate president, David Mark.