Celebrities who play cat and mouse

Forget the bright smile and harm­less embrace; all is not well in Tinsel town. Here we present celebrities who don’t get along well with each other.

Genevieve Nnaji Vs Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
Their rivalry is legendary. The cause of it no one can tell but what is obvious is that the two leading women in Nollywood are not the best of friends. As a matter of fact, they view each other with suspicion. A pal of both divas attributed the source of the hostility to Omotola who “did not in anyway encourage Genevieve when she was starting out”. Another accused Genevieve of “not according Omotola her due respect as someone she met in the industry”.

Why I embarked on Vote Not Fight Campaign –Tuface Idibia

Afro reggae singer, Tuface Idibia, has opened up on the reasons why he chose to embark on his Vote Not Fight campaign.
In a chat with The Entertainer, Tuface, who also has a foundation, the Tuface Idibia Foundation, said that the bottom line for him is that the project is all about Nigeria: “This is all about Nigeria, it’s about our future as a country. In less than six months, Nigeria will embark on the 2015 General Elections so we need to reach out to the youths who are the cannon fodder for politi­cians during elections; we need to enlighten them that election is not war.

AFCON 2015 QUALIFIER: Sudan sinks Eagles in Khartoum

Nigeria’s hope of de­fending her title at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco got slimmer yester­day after the Super Eagles were stunned 0-1 by the Jediane Falcons of Sudan.
It was Sudan’s first victory over Nigeria since the East African nation won 4-0 in the first international football between both countries on November 28, 1963. Nigeria had won six out of their 11 previous clashes while both sides settled for draws four times.

NAMIBIA 2014: Empty stadia as 9th African Women Championship kicks off

The much an­ticipated 9th African Women Championship(AWC) kicked off in Wind­hoek , Namibia, with fans staying way from the continental soccer fiesta designed by CAF to show case African Women football.
In attendance was CAF President Issa Hayatou and Namibian Prime Minister, Hage Geingob,  who declared the champi­onship open.

NAMIBIA 2014: Falcons off to flying start

Nigeria Super Falcons got off on soaring wings in their African Women Champi­onship (AWC) campaign, thumping hard talking Les El­ephantes of Cote d’Ivoire 4-2 in the second match of the opening day at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Wind­hoek, Namibia Saturday evening.
In a weekend that saw Super Eagles’ fall flat in their AFCON 2015 qualifiers in far away Khartoum, Sudan , Falcons gave the nation something to cheer about registering their presence in Namibia with Desire Oparanozie scoring a brace for the six times champions.
Super Falcons began the match with the duo of Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanzie bombarding the fellow West Africans and wanted to make lasting impressions.

AFCON 2015 qualifiers :Bafana stuns Congo in Point-Noire

Goals from Bongani Ndu­lula and Tokelo Rantie secured a 2-0 win for South Africa over Congo in a 2015 African Cup of Nations Qualifier at Stade Municipal in Pointe-Noire yesterday.
The victory moves Bafana Bafana top of Group A after three rounds of qualifiers.
Shakes Mashaba made three chang­es to the side that held defending AF­CON champion, Nigeria, to a goalless draw last time out with Oupa Manyisa and Sibusiso Vilakazi dropping to the bench.
Bournemouth striker, Tokelo Ran­tie, returned to the starting XI along with the recalled Thulani Serero while there was also a start for 17-year-old Rivaldo Coetzee who subsequently became the youngest ever Bafana in­ternational.

Cookie crumbles for 50 ex-Niger Delta militants

By NGOZI UWUJARE

…As police rescue 3 kidnap victims
The cookies have crum­bled for a 50-man gang of ex-militants in Rivers State, who re-grouped under the sponsorship of a cer­tain lady named Mrs. Okagwu, with intent to serve as political thugs during the forthcoming 2015 elections.
The bubble burst for the group, known as Niger Delta Youth Movement, when one of the members, 22-year-old King Asuo was arrested by police as he was returning from repair­ing his AK-47 rifle which had a technical fault.
As Sunday Sun gathered from the Rivers State Commis­sioner of Police, Mr Dan Bature, the ex-militant turned political thug was arrested on a motor­cycle by men of Abua Police Station, before the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headed by Supol Tunji Disu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) waded into the matter, confiscated the gun and took over investigation of the case.
Asuo, in an interview with Sunday Sun at the headquar­ters of SARS revealed how he acquired the rifle which is used mainly by the police, but is widely available in the underground criminal networks across the country.