My deadliest African opponent is Didier Drogba who retired recently. He is very good. Drogba would be nowhere on the pitch for 90 minutes. He would be anonymous. He doesn’t do anything. 

The Edo State Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Isaac Ehiozuwa, has sued for support and collaboration from the state’s Civil Service Commission and trade unions in the state, to drive reforms geared towards repositioning the civil service for effective service delivery.

The Super Falcons unsurprisingly retained the African Women Cup of Nations trophy they won 2 years ago in Cameroon after a hard-earned victory over their South African counterparts. The match was decided on penalties following 120 minutes of tension-packed football game.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Friday for the fourth time, rejected assent to the Electoral Bill which was passed to him to sign into law by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Super Eagles have since qualified for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament which was originally billed for Cameroon. Organisers of the tournament, the Confederation of African Football have since withdrawn the hosting rights from Cameroon after the country was adjudged not ready for the continental showpiece.

A few days ago, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia were respectively named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2018 Awards held in Monaco.

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has said that Nigeria does not need to depend on foreign agencies to fight HIV/AIDS because the country has enough resources to provide treatment for people living with the virus. 

Manchester United have decided Mauricio Pochettino is the man they want to replace Jose Mourinho and are willing to pay £40 million ($51m) to land him, The Sun claims. The Tottenham manager has become the only option to replace the Portuguese, whose position at Old Trafford remains under pressure.

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, set up a Technical Working Group, TWG, to eliminate or drastically reduce Trans Fatty Acids in food supply chains in Nigeria to not more than two per cent, which it said was responsible for the deaths of many Nigerians.

African champions, the Super Falcons will know their opponents in the 2019 Women’s World Cup as draw for the tournament will be held today in France. Teams will be drawn into six groups of four from four pots based on the FIFA Women’s World Rankings.

Arinze Eze is fondly called  Oyenkuzi at the tennis club of Golden Tulip Hotel, Festac Town. Onyenkuzi is an Igbo name for teacher. His strokes on tennis court earned him that sobriquet.

Disaster was averted at Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, as Fort Oil filling station located within the airport was gutted by fire and properties within the station completely razed down.

THE Oyo State government has commended players and officials of Ilaji Soccer Academy for doing the state and Nigeria proud during their just-concluded tour of Accra, Ghana.

Trabzonspor of Turkey midfielder, Eddy Ogenyi Onazi has declared himself fit enough to line out for his club in Saturday’s Turkish Super Lig fixture against Konyaspor.

Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby is ready to begin camping as early as January, to start preparing for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.