Coach Stephen Keshi is in a desperate search for the right blend that will spur the Eagles to glory at the African Nations Championship kicking off next month in South Africa.

On Wednesday, this newspaper announced that it had exclusively obtained an “open letter” in which Iyabo Obasanjo, the ex-President’s eldest daughter and a former senator, bitterly accused her father of being a liar who treated his family shabbily, described his recent criticisms of President Jonathan as hypocritical and told the world that she wanted no further contact with him.

Alhaja Muibat Adetokun, the Chairperson of Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Ilorin branch, recently expressed dismay at the increasing cases of abandoned babies in the country.

“If Allah made me a leader, I will use my position to establish a modern Islamic library for the use of the ummah.” That was the vow Sheikh Seifudeen Olowo-Oribi, the Chief Imam of Ikorodu made several years ago and today, he is one the verge of fulfilling that troth.

Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and the National Chairman of Labour Party, Mr. Dan Nwanyanwu, have reasoned that Ekiti State was unable to match its peers in terms of physical development because the state was always governed by young and inexperienced governors.

overnor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, described the ongoing nationwide warning strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, as provocative, warning doctors in the state to go back to work or forget about their salaries.
Oshiomhole stated this at a meeting with the Association of Resident Doctors, Medical and Dental Consultants Association at Government House, Benin City.

Coach Bala Nkiyu of the national U-17 Women’s football team, the Flamingoes has assured Nigerians that he would assemble a good team for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup billed for Costa Rica between 15 March and April 4, 2014.

The Vice President, Namadi Sambo, yesterday, lampooned the former Minister of Abuja Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for alleging that he (Sambo) prevented him from speaking at the one year anniversary of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, in Kaduna recently.

Former President of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Mr. Peter Esele, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to brush aside the issues raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter to him, insisting that he should offer explanations to some of the issues raised in his own interest and that of the Presidency.

The House of Representatives yesterday adopted the Aviation committee report which found the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah culpable over her alleged role in the purchase of two BMW bullet proof cars worth N225 million and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to review her continued engagement as minister.

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was last night locked in a meeting with the remnants of the party caucus in the House of Representatives in Transcorp Hotel, Abuja. Last night’s meeting was one of several carrot and stick options initiated by the party hierarchy to hold other fidgety legislators contemplating leaving the party. The day before the meeting 37 members of the PDP caucus in the House defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC turning the once dominant majority into a minority.

With this jet moving internet age, it is no surprise that online sport betting has become the order of the day in Nigeria. Bet 9ja, nairabet.com, betcolony.com, 1960bet, are just a few of the hundreds of betting websites that have exploited the average Nigerian’s love for sport and the average person’s crave for money.

AN environment expert, Mr. Rufus Ebegba has raised alarm over the influx of Genetically Modified foods into the country through porous borders, as there was no law to safeguard the lives of the people.

A lucky survivor of the midnight massacre of squatters in an uncompleted building situated at the Apo district of the Federal Capital Territory on allegation that they were members of the Boko Haram sect, Mallam Gambo Idris, yesterday, narrated before a panel of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, how some masked gun men besieged the building and slaughtered the sleeping occupants like helpless goats.

All over the world, individuals, families and businesses are making plans for 2014. You just may not believe it, but the scammers are not left out. They know that some people have a desire to travel abroad next year, and are ready to feed on that desire. It should therefore not come as a surprise that emails like the one below have become a favourite of scammers in this season.