Road to 2014 World Cup: Behold Super Eagles safest hands

Super Eagles safest hands

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The Super Eagles have not really had any problem when it comes to goalkeeping at major competitions. Unlike in the other departments of the team where players can easily convert roles, thus creating stiffer competitions, Nigeria’s goalkeeping role has most often taken up by the best man around.

For a long time, Vincent Enyeama has been Nigeria’s top choice at major competitions. The former Enyimba keeper, who won two CAF Champions League titles with the Aba club, made his debut for the national team at the 2002 World Cup. Since then,

Must Read: The Story Of A Unilag Big Babe

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My name is Monica and this is my story. It all started on a Sunday evening, I felt so big because I cannot lower my standards to start talking to some dead girls. I mean I’m a big girl, I should be found with bigger girls and bigger boys. Anyways that’s aside. My roommates were not around so I decided to start tweeting. I didn’t really have anything to tweet, I went through peoples tweet so i started stealing people’s tweets. Most of my followers were retweetting it because it was really making sense. My roommates got back but I ignored them because I was really having fun on twitter. Around 1:00 am I got a DM from a guy, I almost ignored it but I checked it. It was just ‘hi’ from a guy.

Some of my critics are very corrupt – Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday took on critics of his government’s posture in the fight against corruption, saying some of the critics were very corrupt individuals.

The President has been under severe criticisms from Nigerians over his attitude towards the fight against corruption, especially among top officials of government. In fact, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, in a scathing remark recently, said the ‘body language’ of the President showed that he was not interested in fighting the scourge of corruption. The Speaker spoke at an event organised by the

10 Things You Should Never Say To Your Boyfriend [A Must Read For All Ladies]

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Seriously, women love lies. Like that thread telling us not to tell them they are fat. O please, you guys need to take a chill pill. I remember starting a thread where I said a girl broke up with her boyfriend because he was a liar. How? Instead of telling her 9:00pm, he will tell her 8:00pm is the time for movies so she would hurry up. Men aint that way, we are really good. We don’t take lies and I will be stating down 10 things you should never say to us. Forget say we go bone, e dey pain us inside our bones.

SAD! Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is VERY Angry With Bloggers,See How Angry She Is And Why

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Meraiah, daughter of popular Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde turned 14 on Feb.07, 2014 and days later some of her photos went viral online. Well, seems like Omotola is not pleased with this and she just shared this warning on her FB page a few minutes ago. She is angry that her daughters ‘private online photos’ were tagged as “sexy and hot” by some bloggers.

 Omotola has two boys and two girls and Meraiah is her second daughter and she didn’t find it funny at all.

Read what she said/wrote on her  Facebook page:

B’ Haram kills over 53 in Borno

Residents of Konduga, Borno State, inspecting damaged property following Wednesday’s attacks by the Boko Haram sect.
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Boko Haram gunmen on  Tuesday attacked Konduga town in Borno State,  killing  53 persons. They  also abducted 25 teenage girls and set fire on  many houses in the town.

Konduga is a town along Maiduguri-Bama Road and is about 40 kilometres  from the state capital, Maiduguri.

The gunmen  attacked the only hospital in the town, abducted the

Jonathan sacks Oduah, three other ministers

PunchOlubolade, Oduah, Orubebe, Ngama

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Less than 48 hours after ordering his Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, to resign, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sacked four ministers from the Federal Executive Council.

The affected persons are

Mark overrules request to declare senators’ seats vacant

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Senate President David Mark on Wednesday refused to declare vacant the seats of the 11 aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party who on Tuesday had expressed their intention to defect to the All Progressives Congress, on the floor of the Senate.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang, had raised a point of order under Section 14 (Privileges) to draw the attention of the Senate to the legal implications of the affected senators and urged Mark to declare their seats vacant.

He said since Senators Bukola Saraki,  Adamu Abdulahi, Shaba Lafiagi, Ibrahim Gobir, Aisha Al-Hassan, Magnus Abe, Wilson Ake, Jibrilla Bindowo, Danjuma Goje,  Ali Ndume, and Umar Dahiru, had declared their intention to defect on the floor of the Senate, they had automatically lost their seats.

Enang explained that the 1999 Constitution and the Senate Standing Orders, made clear provisions for any

Celebrities say love should be celebrated daily

Some celebrities on Wednesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to daily show special love for their spouses and avoid restricting it to St. Valentine's Day.

A pop-gospel artist, Sammie Okposo, told NAN that he celebrated Valentine's Day like every other day. According to him, every day is Valentine's Day for him and his wife. Okposo, however, said that he would be at a show with his wife this Valentine’s Day.
"As long as we are together, nothing else matters. It is all about spending time together.
"It is not about one day which the world has labelled Lovers' or Valentine's Day. Every day is Valentine for me and my wife," he said.


He advised couples to celebrate love daily.
"I do not wait for 14 February to show my wife that I love and appreciate her.

43,000 driving licences unclaimed in Lagos transport offices

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka

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The Lagos State Government says no fewer than 43,000 driving licences are waiting to be collected by their owners.

It added that the licences, which were for applicants of the new Universal Driving Licence that had completed their processing last August, could be collected in various licencing centres in the state. A statement on Wednesday stated that the

NNPC, CBN, others submit budget details to Reps

Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal

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Twenty-one Federal Government agencies, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of  Nigeria, have bowed to the House of  Representatives by submitting budget details of  their expenditure  for this year.

The budget details of the agencies were the cause of a row at the House on Tuesday last week, which stalled debate on the country’s 2014 budget by lawmakers. The agencies, described as “big earners and big spenders”, rarely bring their budget details to the National Assembly. It is one of the issues at the centre of the yearly budget dispute between the Executive and the National Assembly. Last week, an All Progressives Congress  member, Mr. Emmanuel Jime, had stalled the debate after he raised a point of order on the fact that the budget details of the agencies

'I am not dead' - Angela Okorie

Nollywood actress Angela Okorie is not a happy woman at the moment as she is still trying to come to terms with her rumoured death which has had tongues wagging for the past few days.

It was a clear case of mistaken identity and lack of verification by bloggers who heard the news that an actress by the name Ijeoma Okori had died during child birth.


Without cross checking their facts, they went to town with the rumour,

Davido reveals upcoming music

Davido has reportedly revealed that he has new music coming out soon.

The musician announced that he has collaborations with Oritse Femi and Timaya and is also planning to release a video for his next single 'Won le na' on the 1^st of March.
NET reports Davido said, "Me nd Oritse Femi got some heat coming!!Mad drops soon!!Me and Timaya as well... And my next single 'won le na' official video out

PDP Vs ATIKU: Our party has done well

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted claims by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the ruling PDP was the mastermind of the problems bedevilling the country.


The ruling party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in Abuja on Sunday said “it is wrong for anyone, any group or any opposition political party to pour vituperations and heap blames on the PDP over the state of the nation”. Metuh insisted that the PDP has actually done well for the nation as it has touched on all areas of national

Billionaire Bloomberg turns sights on Africa’s media

Tolu Ogunlesi

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Last week, the media company, Bloomberg LP, opened extensions to its offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. To mark the inauguration, the company founder, Michael Bloomberg, a first time visitor to South Africa, tweeted: “Africa’s role in the global economy is larger than ever.”

He then unveiled a new venture that shows him putting his money where his mouth is: Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa, a $10m philanthropic intervention focused on business and financial journalism in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. This initiative

Juan Mata calls on Manchester United fans to ''stick together'' after latest setback in crisis-hit season

"Writing to you today is really complicated as I’m still frustrated after the match, but I want you to know that we will give everything until the end of the season"


Dejected: Mata admitted he was frustrated following the draw

Juan Mata has urged Manchester United fans to "stick together" following their latest setback in the club's crisis-hit season.

Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle United: Eden Hazard hat-trick sends Blues to the top of the Premier League

The Belgian netted a treble for Jose Mourinho's men who take advantage of Manchester City and Arsenal dropping points to top the league





So much for Jose ­Mourinho’s assertion that Chelsea’s status in the title race is that of the small horse. His team went top of the Premier League at a canter with an emphatic win over depleted Newcastle at Stamford Bridge. And in Eden Hazard, they have a

Clerics die as jeep, bus plunge into canal

... on Sunday

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Two Islamic clerics lost their lives on Saturday after  their jeep collided with a bus and plunged into a canal at the Iyana Ipaja end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims, Alhaji Akinsola Al-Ameen and Muyideen Thiamiyu, were coming back from Ikorodu when their vehicle had a tyre burst around 10pm. According to eyewitnesses, after the tyre burst, Thiamiyu, who was the driver, lost control of the vehicle. He was said to be attempting to bring the jeep to a halt when a big yellow bus with number plate FKJ 201 SH rammed into them, causing both vehicles to veer off the expressway into the canal.

A relative of Al-Ameen, who preferred to remain anonymous because

Oduah bars SSS operatives from international airports

Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah

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Operatives of the State Security Service have been directed by the Ministry of Aviation to stay away from all the nation’s international airports.

The order, which was communicated to the SSS leadership a few weeks ago, was said to have shocked the operatives. It was further gathered that the directive by the ministry, which is headed by Ms Stella Oduah, might affect the ability of the SSS to perform its duties of preventing, detecting, and investigating threats of espionage, subversion, sabotage and terrorist activities, especially at the airports. Some of the   international airports are   the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos; the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt; the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; and the

ASUU tackles FG over agreement implementation delay

Nasir Fagge and Goodluck Jonathan

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the attitude of the Federal Government towards the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding on the NEEDS projects in the universities.

The union expressed concern over what it called foot-dragging in the implementation of the agreement reached with it. It also criticised the sacking of over 90 employees of the Cocoa Research Institute in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It called on the Federal Government and the masses to rise against the intimidation of the oppressed in

Aregbesola, Omisore attend vigil over Osun gov poll

Aregbesola and Omisore

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Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, and Senator Iyiola Omisore on Saturday night stormed a popular prayer mountain at Otan Ayegbaju in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state to offer prayers to God.

The governor is a devout Muslim while Omisore is a Catholic. But both of them went to the prayer mountain, known as Oke Maria, for the annual pilgrimage and to pray to God to grant their desires. Omisore attended the vigil after he had declared his governorship ambition at a well-attended ceremony in Osogbo where he levelled allegations of financial impropriety against Aregbesola. Senator Babajide Omowoarare, who

Fathia Balogun Drops Ex-Hubby’s Name On Social Media

Well that was what she did on her Instagram page. Fathia changed her name from Fathia Balogun to her father’s name Fathia Williams. Surprisingly, she is yet to change it on twitter. May be she forgot, hopefully this post will remind her. Remember her ex-husband; Saidi Balogun dragged her to court so she could drop his name. We still wish Fathia all the best. -

S/O Of The Day Goes to Omotola Jalade Ekeinde [Happy Birthday]

Shout out of the day goes to Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde. She is from Ogun State, Nigeria. In 2013, she was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.From naijaloaded.com we say Happy Birthday and wish you all the best life has to offer.. In celebration of her birthday Drop your well wishes!! whats your favorite movie she stared in? -

‘Mu’azu’s peace talks with Obasanjo failed’

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There are strong indications that efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party to make former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have a rethink  on his decision to stay away from the party’s activities  have failed.

 Investigations on Thursday showed that Obasanjo insisted when the new PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu visited him on January 26, that Jonathan  must  honour his alleged promise in 2011 not to contest the 2015 presidential election. A very

Nigerians in America: How (NOT) to raise our children

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It begins with the language spoken in the home.  It is often the case that parents who share the same Nigerian language speak English to their children at home even when the children are just babies and toddlers.  This is a waste of the child’s wide repertoire for learning new things, including new languages.  Various psychologists and socio-linguists opine that every child is imbued with an innate ability to acquire a language.  What parents need to do is place that child in close proximity to the

Bafarawa, Shekarau have right to defect – Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

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THE National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday said that those who defected from the APC or joined it had rights to do so.

Tinubu made the statement while speaking with political correspondents on the defection of Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and Attahiru Bafarawa from APC to PDP. Shekarau, a former governor of Kano State, and Bafarawa, also a former governor of Sokoto State, had recently defected to the PDP, while former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar left the PDP for the APC. Tinubu, who was in Ikeja to register officially as a member of the APC in his ward, said he respects Bafarafa and Shekarau, adding that they had the right to join any party.

“Anyone can defect from a party if its

PDP losing weight to gain strength - Maku

The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said on Wednesday that the defection of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to All Progressives Congress (APC) was a blessing in disguise.

Maku, who spoke to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, said

Tension rises in Senate

Senate President, David Mark

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The Senate for the second time in two days held an executive session  on Wednesday because of  the fear that an open deliberation  on the defection bid of the 11 Peoples Democratic Party senators to the All Progressives Congress could generate tension.

But tension still played out as the aggrieved senators and their APC counterparts  left   angrily immediately the session which lasted about two hours ended. The action of the  senators , who

Missing oil money: Senators differ over Sanusi’s claim

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi

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THE disclosure by Central Bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, on alleged missing $20bn oil money from the federation account on Wednesday caused a division between the Vice Chairman, Senate  Committee on Interior, Olubunmi Adetunmbi, and a former Chairman, Senate Committee on Senate Services, Emmnauel Anosike.

While Adetunmbi said Sanusi’s action was proper and urged Nigerians “to be vigilant in ensuring that the on-going investigation into the allegation gets

Rivers crisis: IG to appear before Senate Tuesday

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, will appear before the Senate on Tuesday.

He is to explain the role of the police in the crisis rocking Rivers State. The Senate spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said this while addressing journalists after the upper chamber’s plenary on Wednesday. He said, “The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, will appear before the Senate next week Tuesday to explain

Budget: APC wants Nigerians to suffer, says FG

Minister of Information, Labaran Maku

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The Federal Government and the opposition All Progressives Congress on Tuesday continued their  tirade against each other over the  2014 Appropriation Bill pending before the National Assembly.

While the government, through the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said the APC, by asking its members  in the National Assembly not to pass the bill,  was

Emmy Collins Insults Mercy Johnson, Calls Her ‘Cheap’ And ‘Mgbekerish’

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Emmy Collins needs no introduction, y’all know who is and this time he’s taking a swipe at actress Mercy Johnson over her appearance in the photo above.  Read his submission below:


Okay, so I got this from a reader this morning, “ehen small aproko …Emmy, I saw pics of Mercy Johnson looking tacky on other blogs and they tagged her sexy. I confuse o”  My understanding of the mood of the author of this comment was

Bank workers live in fear as job losses continue

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The wave of sacking that characterised the banking sector a couple of years back has not abated as the axes are dangling on more workers, ADEMOLA ALAWIYE writes

Indications have emerged that more bank workers will lose their jobs in 2014 following cost-cutting measures about to be introduced by the deposit money banks in order to mitigate the effects of some regulatory policies on their profitability.

Since the era of the global financial crisis in the mid-2008 and the special audit test carried out on

Saraki mobilises support for PDP in Kwara

Gbemi Saraki

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Former Kwara State Senator, Gbemisola Saraki, has begun to mobilise support for the Peoples Democratic Party in the state in order to strengthen the party after a massive defection of a faction of the PDP to the All Progressives Congress.

Saraki formed the Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki platform to increase support for the PDP and the new national leader of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, the state leader of Kwara Democrats, one of the main affiliate groups of the GRS, Aliyu Ibrahim, said the GRS was also to support the programmes

Pupils wear religious regalia to school in Osun …sing different religious songs in assembly

Pupils of Baptist High School, Iwo on the assembly ground... on Tuesday.

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There was confusion at Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State on Tuesday as some pupils shunned their uniforms and wore choir gowns, white garments, Islamic apparel   and other unconventional dresses to the school.

Although no group or individual could be identified as the mastermind of the bizarre dress code by the pupils, there were, however, conflicting reasons for the behaviour. While some people said the unconventional dresses were a way of registering dislike for

Tiwa Savage denies pregnancy rumours

Tiwa Savage has reportedly denied rumours that she is expecting her first child with husband Tunji T-Billz Balogun.

According to reports, the rumours where sparked after Tiwa posted a picture of herself with T-Billz yesterday and referred to him as her “soon to be baby daddy”.


Linda Ikeji says Tiwa wrote, “On a date with my

Police arrest Ojikutu, ex-Lagos deputy governor

Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu

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The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday arrested a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu.

The 67-year-old, who was declared wanted by the SFU on June 19, 2013, for allegedly obtaining N130m from one Cajethan Okekearu, under the guise of selling a plot of land at Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos, was arrested at her Lagos Island residence.

In a statement by the SFU Commissioner of Police, Mr.Tunde Ogunsakin, Ojikutu was

Obasanjo, Buhari shun council of state meeting

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, were absent from Tuesday’s  National Council of State meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Although Amaechi, through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said he could not attend the meeting because he  was out of the country, Obasanjo and Buhari  gave no reason for their action. Obasanjo and Buhari had for long stayed away from the NCS meetings which last held almost 11 months ago.

P-Square to release new album

P-Square are reportedly releasing an album before the end of this year.

According to reports, a source said the singing duo, Peter and Paul haven't released an album in over two and a half years because they have been preoccupied with their personal lives.


NET says P-Square's publicist Bayo Adu said the duo will release a few

Please Hand over to me in 2016, Edo PDP Governorship aspirant begs Oshiomhole

GOVERNORSHIP aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State in 2012 in , Mr Kenneth Imasuagbon, who survived a ghastly motor accident recently, has commended what he described as the developmental strides of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the state and pleaded with the governor to hand over to him in 2016, so that he can continue with his good work.


He spoke at a thanksgiving service at the New Covenant Gospel Church, Benin City, attended by Oshiomhole and other leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
Imansuagbon, who thanked God for sparing his life, while addressing the congregation, said “Governor, you have done very well, this is the house of God and I am saying it to you for the first time, you have done well. But there is room for improvement, there is always space to do more, so we will expect you to do more and if God wishes, you will hand over to me.”


He stressed the need for politicians in the state to stop politics of bitterness, saying that “despite the fact that I am a PDP man, I still believe that we are all one in this state, brothers and sisters, so we must not allow politics to divide us.” Speaking also, Oshiomhole expressed his gratitude to God for sparing Imasuagbon’s life, saying: “Those who saw you (after the accident) attested to the condition you were in and thereafter flown abroad and you are back. Politics aside, you are one of the main players and drivers in the Nigerian polity, economy and society.


“Many Nigerians are aware of your contributions in the education sector, running not a mushroom school, but a school that truly teaches in the finest tradition of modern education though the problem of most of our politicians is that they get so desperate because they do not have any other business address.”

President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Rev. Felix Omobude, at the event, who commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his efforts in fighting terrorism in the country, urged politicians to emulate the politics of Oshiomhole.

Hackers Sue German Government for Helping the NSA

A group of hackers and a human rights organization are suing the German government for allegedly conducting illegal spying activities and aiding the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).


The Chaos Computer Club (CCC), one of the largest hacker groups in the world, and

Why US bullies Nigeria, but not China and Saudi Arabia

Azuka Onwuka

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The Igbo have a saying – popularised by the acclaimed novelist, Chinua Achebe – that he who brings home ant-infested faggots should not complain if he is visited by lizards. That proverb is apt in describing the type of treatment Nigeria receives from the Western world, led by the United States of America.

Last year, President Barack Obama made his second “ward round” to Africa. Again,

HAZARD HOLDS NO FEAR

Nobody has epitomised Chelsea's good form of late more than Eden Hazard, and the player is hoping that continues tonight.


Our Belgian winger's dazzling attacking displays have caught the eye in the past couple of months, but it is his defensive work that has also impressed. Jose Mourinho said recently that Hazard must be the one to take most of the credit for the manner in which he has adapted to be of service not just in the attacking third of the pitch but also when we do not have possession.


It was with this in mind that the official Chelsea website caught up with our in-form Belgian, keen to discover Hazard's own assessment of his excellent

Mbu bans political rallies in Rivers

Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu

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Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, on Monday placed a ban on rallies in the state.

Mbu, who said the decision was based on the increasing political tension in the state, specifically said the ban affected political rallies. Before the outright ban, the CP

Policeman who demanded dollar bribe faces dismissal

The policeman, who was caught on video demanding dollars as bribe from a Nigerian-American and two other Nigerians for alleged traffic offences in Lagos, has been arrested and is now facing an orderly room trial.

The man, identified as Corporal Aniyem Chiyem, whose video was posted on YouTube was secretly filmed by one of the passengers in a three-minute, 45-second footage. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, on

At last, Jonathan convenes council of state meeting

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The National Council of State meeting being chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan will  take place on Tuesday (today),  almost 11 months  after the last one was held.

The council which has Vice-President Namadi Sambo as its  deputy chairman is made up of  all former presidents and Heads of Government, all former Chief Justices of Nigeria; President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; all

Stop harassing political opponents, Buhari warns FG

Former Head of State, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari

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A former Head of State and chief  of the All Progressives Congress,  Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday  warned  the  Federal  Government  against harassing and intimidating perceived political opponents.

Buhari, who featured on the  English service of the Liberty FM Radio,   Kaduna, made specific mention of the detention of APC’s Interim Secretary,   Nasir el-Rufai, and the arrest of  the sons of Jigawa State Governor,  Sule Lamido, for

Admit it Mourinho, you think Chelsea will win the league

The Blues' 1-0 win over Manchester City was their seventh top-flight win in their last nine games as they completed the league double over the title favourites

"I am not saying we are better than them," he declared. "We beat them twice but they are the best team." Manchester City, he admitted, were the best side Chelsea had played this season, "no doubts about it."

But when it came to putting his side into the title race after as

FINAL WHISTLE VERDICT: GROWING UP

It was one very happy Jose Mourinho after a historic win on Manchester City's home ground.
The Citizens had scored in 61 consecutive Premier League home matches and had yet to drop any points on their own turf all season, but the Blues ended that sequence in spectacular fashion thanks to Branislav Ivanovic's brilliant first-half winner.
It was no less than we deserved after an accomplished display that delighted

MATCH REPORT: MANCHESTER CITY 0 CHELSEA 1

Summary A mighty performance earned a huge win in Manchester on Monday night with Branislav Ivanovic's sweet first-half strike separating these two title challengers.
Until this game City had been behind at home for only eight minutes during this league season but with Jose Mourinho's game