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• Pep admits six-hitters’ Barca’s fall may come soon

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 10:17 Author: Ayo Bada

  Barcelona has reached such heady heights in 2009 that they must be prepared for a fall, coach Pep Guardiola said after their Club World Cup victory. The European champions beat Argentina’s Estudiantes 2-1 after extra time to lift their sixth t...

• Davenport faces assault trial

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 10:13 Author: Ayo Bada

  The case of Premier League footballer Calum Davenport, who is accused of attacking his sister at her home, has been committed to crown court. The West Ham United player, of Bedfordshire, is charged with causing actual bodily harm to Cara Davenport...

• Mourinho unmoved by Chelsea’s return

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 10:10 Author: Ayo Bada

  Jose Mourinho has revealed he is unmoved about the prospect of returning to Chelsea after Inter Milan drew his former club in the last 16 of the Champions League. “I don’t have much to say,” the Portuguese coach, who led the ...

• Henin gets Sydney tennis wildcard

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 10:05 Author: Ayo Bada

  Former world number one Justine Henin has been handed a wildcard for the Sydney International tournament which starts on January 10. The Sydney event will feature nine of the top 10 women players in the world. “The women’s draw is...

• Lampard rues missed opportunity

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:56 Author: Ayo Bada

  Frank Lampard is disappointed Chelsea missed the chance to go six points clear at the top of the Premier League by failing to beat West Ham on Sunday. The Blues could have made capital out of title rivals Manchester United’s shock 3-0 defeat a...

• Super Eagles need sacrifices

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:51 Author: Ayo Bada

  •Martins and Osaze in training   The Teslim Balogun Foundation has called on members of the Super Eagles to embrace the spirit of sacrifice as they begin preparations for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup. In a statement in ...

• Nigeria, 31 others for Hope Festival 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:48 Author: Ayo Bada

  With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa fast approaching, FIFA and streetfootballworld have announced Nigeria and 31 other  delegations that will take part in the “Football for Hope Festival 2010”, holding between June 28 and July 10, 2...

• South Africa 2010:Ronaldo tips England

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:43 Author: Ayo Bada

  Cristiano Ronaldo has tipped England as one of the teams to watch during next year’s FIFA World Cup billed for South Africa. Ronaldo, whose Portugal side knocked out England in their last two major tournament finals in 2004 and 2006, said the ...

• I’m ready to lay down my life for democracy — Lam Adesina

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 05:11 Author: Johnson Okanlawon

  Alhaji Lam Adesina is one of the ‘Prisioners of war’, a euphemism used to describe political activists who were hounded into prison by the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha. Out of prison in 1998, he was popularly elected as O...

• Poligist;

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 05:05 Author: 08054103727

    Abacha’s governorship ambition threatened The governorship ambition of Alhaji Muhammed Abacha, the son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, is gradually gathering momentum in Kano State. His array of posters in Kano metropolis and ot...

• Lawmaker of the week: How I helped Akume out of mess —Tsegba

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:57 Author: BESTMAN JOJI – Makurdi

  Hon. Terngu Tsegba is a three-term Representative of Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and a close associate of former Governor George Akume. But today the duo are at loggerheads as Tsegba seeks to unseat his former politi...

• Plethora of demands trail constitution review

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:50 Author: Nosakhare Isibor

  It was a plethora of demands and agi-tations at the two-day public hearing of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in the six geo-political zones in the country. Indeed, it was an opportunity for stakeholders to make inputs into t...

• Breaking Gender Barrier:‘I’ve not been sexually harassed’

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:41 Author: STEVE SUNDAY, Jos

  Hon (Chief) Dinah Lar, a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly representing Lantang North Central district and a grassroots politician, believes in women participation in politics. She speaks with STEVE SUNDAY in Jos.   My interest in polit...

• Waku blasts NASS over constitution amendment

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:34 Author: CYRIL MBAH

  Controversial former Senator, Chief JKN Waku, has attributed the neglect of reports of Electoral Reform Committee before the federal legislature to fear that about 90 per cent of the lawmakers entered the Assembly through undemocratic means. Waku who s...

• Travails of El-Rufai, Ribadu

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:30 Author: OMONIYI SALAUDEEN

  The embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the erstwhile Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-rufai, are now on the most wanted list of the Nigeria Police. By the s...

• Sycophancy gone haywire

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:29 Author: Raw Punches with: Omoniyi SALAUDEEN

  Beyond the ailing condition of Presi-dent Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, this administration is already defunct in every sense of the word. It had long stopped working before the present affliction. Like a rudderless ship without a captain, the nation has been dr...

• Why I won’t contest presidency for the third time — Uwechie

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:20 Author: BENJAMIN OVIE

  Owned author, two-time presidential aspirant and the world president of the apex body of all Igbo socio-cultural associations, Ohaneze Ndigbo. In this interview with BENJAMIN OVIE, he speaks on his experience under former President Olusegun Obasan...

• ‘Coronet chiefs are illegal creations’

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:11 Author: TUNDE OSO and AUSTIN JACOBSON

  Chief Dawodu Alao is the Olufase of Arigbajo land in Ogun State. In this chat with TUNDE OSO and AUSTIN JACOBSON during the recently held Oloke festival, he talks about the coronet chiefs saga in the state, among other issues. •Alao Are you s...

• Getting your ex- girlfriend back this Yuletide

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:09 Author: David Avwunuvwerhi

  How can you get your ex-girlfriend back just in time for Christmas? Today, I am going to give you some pieces of advice which may be of great help in this regard. I am sure you have read some of the tips or tricks that will help you get your ex bac...

• Artificial and wicked fuel scarcity: It is time to challenge the cabal

  Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:04 Author: Bamidele Aturu

  The persistence of fuel queues arising from artificial scarcity of petroleum products is a measure of governance failure and greed of the cabal that has held this country by the jugular. The game plan is an old one: inflict excruciating pains on the hap...