Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets returned to their scoring best Saturday when they thrashed Congo 7-0 at the on-going CAF Under-17 Championship in Morocco to qualify for the semi-final and also book a place in the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Turkey.

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has frowned at utterances of the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) that tagged CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, and his executive council as enemies of Nigeria over their stand on amnesty for the Boko Haram sect.
The Islamic body, recently in a press conference in Kaduna, wondered if “they (CAN) were appointed special advisers to the President on the perpetration of insecurity?” even when some Christian leaders like John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Bishop Matthew Kukah as well as Paul Unongo have thrown their weight behind the amnesty for the sect.

Anyone visiting Kadoko Konu area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, for the first time, will never suspect any act of illegality going on there, let alone suspect any of the residents whose facial disposition spells that of serious- minded individual as perpetrator.

BERLIN – Bayern Munich warmed-up for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, first-leg at home to Barcelona by claiming three Bundesliga records in Saturday’s 6-1 rout at Hanover 96. Victory gave Bayern a Bundesliga-record 26th victory this season, a record ninth consecutive away win, while they also equalled Dortmund’s previous best of 81 points in a single […]

Arsenal returned to third place in the Premier League table with a 1-0 win at 10-man Fulham on Saturday, while Reading and Queens Park Rangers slipped ever closer to relegation.