Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi leaves for South Africa tonight.

Senator Annie Okonkwo, who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Sixth Assembly, yesterday, joined millions of other eminent Nigerians to pay tribute to the late veteran journalist and Vice Chairman of The Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe.

Clifford Enosorogbe, Dala Hard Court defending champion, will be in very confident mood when he steps out for his first match at the tier three Davis Cup Zonal Championship which starts in Cairo. The Benin based tennis star edged Mumuni Babalola 6 – 2, 5-7, (10 – 5) – with the third set decided by a 10 point tie-breaker – at the first ever tennis challenge which took place at the Ikoyi Club on Friday. .

IN the course of the battle of August 25, at Gamboru-Ngala, a twin town at the border with Cameroun, our soldiers found themselves inside Cameroun territory, four hundred and eighty of them. It reminds one of the Ukrainian soldiers that crossed over to the Russian territory. Whether it was enforced withdrawal or ‘tactical maneuvering’, we give thanks to the Almighty God, at least, they arrived safely. If it is a tactical withdrawal, it is also well, those who fight and run away, live to fight another day. More so, it affords us, the opportunity to retrospect and assess the capabilities of our combined Armed forces, to curtail insurgencies and to institute corrective measures, where necessary.

Ahead of the October 25, local government elections in Delta State, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has promised to bring the true dividends of democracy to the people if elected at various councils.

Panicked residents fled their homes in northeast Nigeria on Monday in fear of Boko Haram attacks while the military sought to recapture ground lost to the militants in recent weeks.

The Cameroonian government on Monday said its soldiers had killed “more than 100” Boko Haram fighters during an attempted incursion by the Islamist insurgents into its territory.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will run for a fifth term in next year’s elections.

Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba has never lost against West African opposition while coaching Bafana Bafana and believes his team can do it again against Nigeria on Wednesday.

Adeboye Obasanjo, a Lieutenant Colonel and son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was Monday shot in an attack by Boko Haram in Baza in Adamawa State.