The Golden Eaglets failed to book their ticket for the Final Match of the WAFU B Tournament on yesterday following a 3-1 penalty shoot-out loss to Republic of Benin-after both neighbours had played out a pulsating 1-1 draw.

A pressure group in Delta State, Niger Delta Professionals for GEJ, NDP, has lent its weight to the public clamour calling on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to declare his interest to contest the 2015 presidential election, adding that it would mobilize the youths in the Niger Delta region to ensure that the president wins in the race.

“Please tell our compatriots (in the Diaspora) that we just have to clean up our sports.” “Nobody is the object of a witch-hunt.” Since the announcement of the four years sanction on Lee Evans and a life ban on Raul Abbas, a few weeks ago, by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Medical and Anti-Doping Committee led by Dr. Ken Anugweje, there have been questions on the development, some doubting the transparency of the exercise.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has dismissed allegation by his erstwhile Chief of Staff Government House, Port Harcourt and now Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike that he was planning a return back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

IN addition to the legendary James Bond (007) series, cigarette or tobacco smoking is perhaps one other entity to which the expression: “Licensed to Kill” is universally applicable. Smoking kills.