Eduok in messy transfer deal

A major controversy is threatening Emem Eduok’s celebrated move to Esperance of Tu­nisia as a Norwegian club, Sarpsborg 08, is claiming ownership of the Dolphins’ star striker.
The sporting media was awash last week with reports that the top Tunisian club had signed a four-year deal with the Super Eagles’ rising star who scored 20 goal for Dol­phins in the immediate past Glo Premier League season.

Anambra deserves quality representation in the Senate –Dr Ernest Ndukwe, former NCC boss

Dr Ernest Ndukwe is not strange to Nigerians. For 10 years from 2001, he was in the saddle as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Communica­tions Commission (NCC) and made a good launch of the nation into mobile telephony, which has grown in leaps, boosting the nation’s economy. Now, he is on the political turf, wearing the jersey of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) with his eyes on the Anambra South senatorial seat in the next month’s general elections. In this chat, Dr Ndukwe bares his mind on why he chose to run for Senate and what his constituents and the nation should expect from a Senator Ernest Ndukwe.

2015 elections: Pastors unsettle politicians with shocking predictions

For Nigerians who like to wait on pro­phetic utterances for possible direc­tion or picture of what the incoming year has in stock, the Year 2015, going by the predictions of two leading Christian seers, Primate Theophilus Oluwasaanu Olabayo, founder, Evangel­ical Church of Yahweh and Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, holds little to cheer about but more to be worried about.

Why I parted with the late Prophet Ajanaku –Tope Alabi

Tope Alabi aka Agbo Jesu is a multi-platinum recording gospel singer, composer and ac­tress. Alabi, who was formerly a member of the Jesters International Comedy Group, has worked with a number of popular theatre groups in both Ibadan and Lagos. However, multi-talented Ala­bi became a gospel musician after she became a born-again Christian. In this chat with The Entertainer, the lady

FA CUP: Anichebe scores in West Brom’s 7-0 win

Nigeria’s Victor Anichebe was on song yesterday as West Bromwich Albion saw off Gateshead in a 7-0 demoli­tion at Hawthorns to zoom into the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Four goals from Saido Berahino in a match that Albion was largely out played by their visiting op­ponents handed Tony Pulis a land­slide victory in his first home game as manger since he took over from Alan Irvine at The Hawthorns.

APC trying to be game-changer in South-south

The APC is pushing its message of change throughout (left) Rivers and (right) Bay­elsa States. Among the major challenges arising from the growth of the democratic ex­perience that will make this year’s elections unique in the annals of electoral politics in Nige­ria, the increasing relevance of the opposition provided by the All Peoples Congress (APC) in some regional contests is an important fac­tor. This is nowhere more evident than in the growth of the party’s presence and credibility in the South-South geo-political home-base of President Goodluck Jonathan.

8 killed, several injured as herdsmen clash with Plateau indigenes

Eight persons have been confirmed killed and several houses burnt in the clash between the fu­lani and the indigenes in four villages of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state; chair­man of the local council, Barrister Caleb Muf­wang has said.