Moment after seeing Nigeria secure a Nations Cup semifinal ticket at the expense of Cote D’Ivoire, Coach Stephen Keshi has hailed his dogged Eagles for their fighting spirit and strong character, in the 2-1 win at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

The Presidency yesterday reacted angrily to the continuous vituperations being poured on President Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing the Ota farmer as a confused man.

As the deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an associate of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, a retired navy commodore, bestrode the south-west PDP like a colossus. Severally, he went on collision with the Alliance for Democracy (AD) government in Lagos, his home state, under the leadership of Ashiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Then he fell from grace to grass after he was convicted of fraud while he was the chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). In this interview, Bode George tells the story of his imprisonment which he attributes to politics.

Despite their passionate plea for clemency, an Abuja high court, yesterday, ordered the immediate remand of the erstwhile Chairman and Secretary of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy probe, Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo in prison custody.

Former Military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd), yesterday undertook a critical view of the predictions made by soothsayers, including the United States of America that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015 and suggested ways to ensure the predictions do not become a reality.