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mainheart: op has derby clubs finish with above mentioned. pls can u list more derby matches, because am interested. thanks

I will work on a few more in ur interest.

Welbeck miss and Aguero's goal shows the difference between a prolific goal scorer and a worker

BREAKING TEAM NEWS
Arsenal v Man City (12:45 BST)
Danny Welbeck starts up front for
Arsenal against Manchester City, who
give Frank Lampard his debut. The
former Chelsea man is in for Yaya
Toure in midfield.
Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy,
Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal,
Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, Alexis,
Ozil, Welbeck
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany
(C), Demichelis, Clichy, Fernandinho,
Lampard, Navas, Silva, Milner, Aguero

I will comment after reading the quotes!

(#2) Lazio vs Roma

The Derby della Capitale (English:
Derby of the capital) is the local
football derby in Rome, Italy, between
the two major teams of the city, Lazio
and Roma. It is considered to be the
fiercest derby in the country ahead of
the other major local derbies, Derby
della Madonnina (Milan derby) and
Derby della Mole (Turin derby), and
one of the greatest and hotly contested
capital derbies in Europe. The derby
has been historically marked by
massive crowds, excitement, violence
and – recently – racist banners in the
crowd.
Some extreme incidents in particular
have left their mark on the history of
this fixture. In 1979, Lazio fan
Vincenzo Paparelli was hit in the eye
and killed by a flare fired by a Roma
fan from the opposite end of the
stadium, becoming the first fatality in
Italian football due to violence. In
2004 an unprecedented event
occurred when the Roma ultras forced
the game to be suspended after
spreading false rumors among the
crowd that a child had been killed by
the police prior to the beginning of the
game. In the recent derby, in
December 2009, the referee stopped
play for some seven minutes, just 13
minutes into the first half, due to
fireworks being thrown onto the pitch.
The derby on March 21, 2004, was
abandoned four minutes into the
second half, with the score tied at 0–0,
when a riot broke out in the stands
and the president of the Italian
Football League, Adriano Galliani,
ordered referee Roberto Rosetti to
suspend the match. After the match
was postponed a prolonged battle
among fans and between fans and
police ensued, with stands being set
on fire and people fleeing the stadium,
eventually resulting in over 13 arrests
and over 170 injured among the police
alone.

(#1) Real Madrid vs Barca

s Barca
The rivalry between FC Barcelona and
Real Madrid, in Spain, is generally
considered to be the biggest in
football, and is similar in context to
Celtic – Rangers. From the start the
clubs were seen as representatives of
two rival regions in Spain, Catalonia
and Castile respectively, as well as the
two cities themselves. In the 1950s,
the rivalry was intensified further
when the clubs disputed the signing of
Alfredo Di Stéfano, who finally played
for Real Madrid and was key in the
subsequent success achieved by the club.

As Barcelona and Real Madrid are the
two biggest, and most successful,
clubs in Spain, the rivalry impacts the
league championship on an almost
annual basis. The flash-points of this
rivalry are the twice-a-season clásicos,
which draw vast audiences from
around the world. Real has won more
La Liga and Champions League titles
than Barça, but Barça has won more
Spanish Cups, Cup Winners Cups and
UEFA Cups. Also Barça became the
first Spanish team to win the treble
(2008–2009). In 2009, they won six
competitions, becoming the first team
to win all competitions they entered in
a calendar year. The rivalry has also
been strengthened throughout time by
Real Madrid and Barcelona top
players who have defected to their
arch-rival. Notable Barcelona players
who have later played for Real Madrid
include Bernd Schuster (1988),
Michael Laudrup (1994) and Luís Figo
(2000). Luis Enrique switched from
Real Madrid to Barcelona in 1996 and
went on to captain the Blaugrana.
A 2007 survey by the Centro de
Investigaciones Sociológicas
determined that Real Madrid was the
team with the largest following in
Spain with 32.8% of football fans,
while Barcelona had 25.7%. The next
team, Valencia CF, was 5.3%.
Barcelona in turn seems to be the
most popular team in Europe.
According to a survey made by SPORT
+MARKT in 2009, Barcelona have
about 44.2 million supporters
throughout Europe, which is about 2.9
million more than the number of Real
Madrid supporters.

(#5) Internazionale vs Juventus

The name Derby d’Italia (Italian for
“Derby of Italy”) was coined back in
1967, by the famous Italian sports
journalist Gianni Brera, as the
biannual football fixture in Italian
football between Internazionale of
Milan and Juventus of Turin. The
name was also given to this fixture as
Inter and Juventus were (as in 1967)
the two teams with the highest
number of international (the first) and
national (the latter) honors.
The matchup between Juventus and
Inter is one of the most intense derby
matches in Italy, between two teams
not from the same city. The two teams
are also ranked first and second in
wins and goals in Serie A history. The
match features two clubs who have
never been relegated from the Serie A
(prior to the Calciopoli scandal in
which Juventus were forcefully
relegated for their role in it).

(#4) Boca Juniors vs River Plate

Superclásico is the name used to
describe the football match in
Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals
Boca Juniors and River Plate. It
derives from the Spanish usage of
“clásico” to mean derby, with the
prefix “super” used as the two clubs
are the most popular and successful
clubs in Argentine football. Due to
their huge fan bases (Boca has 40% of
the Argentine population and River
33%), and remarkable success, the
enmity encompasses a major part of
the country’s populace. Known
worldwide for the passion of the fans,
the stands of both teams are loaded
with passionate songs (often based on
popular Argentine rock band tunes)
against their rivals, fireworks, flags
and rolls of paper, and sometimes end
in riots between the most ardent
supporters of both sides, or against
the police. Tourists from around the
globe come to Argentina to watch the
match, sometimes even with packages
that include a ticket to the
Superclásico.

The Superclásico is known worldwide
as one of the fiercest and most
important derbies. In April 2004, the
English newspaper, The Observer, put
the Superclásico at the top of their list
of “50 sporting things you must do
before you die”, saying that “Derby
day in Buenos Aires makes the Old
Firm game look like a primary school
kick-about.”

(#3) Celtic vs Rangers

One of the biggest and most intense
derbies in the world, the Old Firm
derby between Scottish teams Celtic
and Rangers, is more than a football
match – it pits religion, politics and
opposing social attitudes against each
other. Both clubs play in Glasgow,
Scotland, and the match is one of the
oldest derbies in the world, dating
back to 1888. The Old Firm derby is
also one of the most contested
matches in the world, with over 370
games having been played. The
matches are played at either Ibrox
Stadium with 51,000 fans, or Celtic
Park in front of 60,000. In some cases,
the match is played at Hampden Park,
if the tie happens to be a Scottish Cup
or Scottish League Cup final or semi-
final. Both teams have won many
titles, but currently Rangers are ahead
of Celtic with 53 league titles to 42.
The most recent Old Firm ended Celtic
2-1 Rangers.
This rivalry is considered by many to
be one of the most fervent in the
world, with amazing atmospheres and
loud chanting, it is easy to understand
why it is. Millions tune in to the Old
Firm derby across the globe. Rangers
are considered a Protestant club with
Unionist and loyalist supporters, while
Celtic are considered a Catholic club
with Republican and Nationalist
supporters. It has long had
connections with the political conflict
in Northern Ireland, with thousands of
fans from Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland making the trip to
Scotland for these matches. There is
even violence in Northern Ireland
following Old Firm games. Indeed, the
rivalry between the two clubs is so
great that only five players have ever
moved between clubs. In 1980, around
9,000 fans fought an on-pitch battle in
the aftermath of Celtic’s 1-0 victory in
the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden.
This remains the worst invasion onto a
football pitch ever reported. The Old
Firm rivalry fuels many assaults and
many deaths on Old Firm Derby days;
an activist group that monitors
sectarian activity in Glasgow has
reported that on Old Firm weekends,
admissions to hospital emergency
rooms increase nine fold over normal
levels, and journalist Franklin Foer
noted that in the period from 1996 to
2003, eight deaths in Glasgow were
directly linked to Old Firm matches,
and hundreds and thousands of
assaults.

(# Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray

Fenerbahçe SK versus Galatasaray SK
is a Turkish football rivalry involving
two of the most successful clubs in the
Süper Lig. It is also a local derby, one
of many involving Istanbul clubs. The
rivalry is more than a century in
existence, and has developed into an
intense and often bitter one,
traditionally attracting large
attendances. Both clubs compete
against each other for the title of the
most successful football club in
Turkey, as well as the greatest Turkish
sports club overall. Their football
departments have always been the
most attractive among their fans, but
the rivalry also extends into other
team sports such as basketball,
volleyball, athletics, rowing.
Galatasaray SK is the more successful
of the two, having won 68 official titles
compared to Fenerbahçe SK’s 66
titles. Fenerbahe SK is the most
successful in their head-to-head
fixtures, while Galatasaray SK boasts
of their achievement in winning the
2000 UEFA Cup Final and the 2000
UEFA Super Cup, being the only
Turkish side to have won them so far.

(#7) Internazionale vs Milan

Derby della Madonnina, or the Milan
Derby as it is sometimes known, is a
football match between the Italian
clubs Associazione Calcio Milan and
Football Club Internazionale Milano. It
is a hotly contested local derby and is
one of the most followed derbies in the
football world. Along with the Rome
and Turin derbies, it is widely
considered one of the major cross-
town derbies in the Serie A, so much
so that only selected referees may
officiate whenever these teams meet.
It is a biannual fixture in the Italian
football league Serie A; however, the
derby has also taken place in the
Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions
League. It is the only derby in Europe
played by two teams which have been
champions of Europe and the world. It
is called “Derby della Madonnina” in
honor of one of the main sights of the
city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin
Mary on the top of the Duomo, which
is usually called “Madonnina”.

(#6) Liverpool vs Manchester United

The history between Liverpool and
Manchester United is one of the most
significant sporting rivalries in
football, sometimes referred to as the
North West derby. Both clubs hail
from the North West of England, they
are also the two most successful teams
in England, and between them they
have won 115 honors. With
Manchester United’s victory in the
Premier League season 2008-09, the
two clubs are tied with 18 league titles
in England. Despite Liverpool’s
success in England, they have failed to
win the Premier League, since its
founding in 1992. Winning the League
Cup in 2010, Manchester United set a
new English record of 33 domestic
honors – moving one clear of the
Merseysiders for the first time. As
well as competing on the football
pitch, both teams are also two of the
biggest-earning, and widely-supported,
football clubs in the world. The rivalry
has extended to the players as well.

SB

listverse.com/2010/08/18/top-10-soccer-club-rivalries-of-all-time/

Football (or soccer to many), the
beautiful game, can become a matter
of life & death for some clubs & its
supporters. Cultural, as well as
regional, differences contribute to the
fierceness of these clashes &
performances of players in such
matches decide whether they will be
eternally loved or hated. A mistake or
a moment of magic can create history,
but can also result in brawls, fights,
clashes & riots. Here are the 10 most
fierce & important rivalries in the
world of football. Have I missed any?
Feel free to add your own.



(#10) Corinthians vs Palmeiras

Derby Paulista is a name that is known
among the traditional São Paulo
soccer clubs, Sport Club Corinthians
Paulista and Sociedade Esportiva
Palmeiras. It is the rivalry between
two football clubs still active in the
oldest city of São Paulo. The Derby
Paulista is among the 10 greatest
classics of the world. Corinthians and
Palmeiras have already decided state
championships (Campeonato Paulista),
regional (Torneio Rio-São Paulo),
national (Campeonato Brasileiro) and
wave to the end of continental
competition (Libertadores Cup of
America). No other classic has decided
so many major championships.
A big rivalry in the Brazilian state of
São Paulo, SE Palmeiras and
Corinthians have always drawn a lot of
attention when they face off against
each other. There have been books
written and movies shot about this
rivalry, including a version of Romeo
and Juliet where Palmeiras and
Corinthians take the place of the
Montagues and Capulets.

(#9) Nacional vs Penarol

One of football’s classic derbies, since
the late 19th century, the Uruguayan
Clásico is the confrontation between
the two greatest teams of Montevideo:
Nacional and Peñarol. Both teams
have played a big part in developing
South American football, and are
respected in the Americas and
worldwide, despite their recent lack of
international success. Together they
make up 8 Copa Libertadores and 6
Intercontinental Cups.
The 0-0 draw of 14 April, 1990, was
not for lacking a good fight, 22 red
cards, 11 each side, (Nacional-9 field
players and 2 bench players). The
match ended at 85′ for the rule of less
than 7 players. Then the 1-1 match of
26 November, 2000, ended in another
confrontation with several boxing and
karate kicks and chops, in which 9
players had to spend a month in jail,
along with one of the coaches. Two
editions of the match were played
abroad, one in La Plata (Argentina) in
1960, the other in La Coruña (Spain)
in 2005, due to the risk of local crowd
interruption & brawling.

I hate women, so I don't need to attract them.

Since 600BC

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/ebola-resumption-schools-still-uncertain-fashola/

By Jimoh Babatunde

LAGOS State Governor Babatunde
Fashola, has said that resumption of
schools in the state would be
determined after the results of those
still under surveillance for Ebola Virus
Disease would have been known by next
week Thursday.
Speaking after yesterday’s Jumaat
prayer at the state secretariat mosque
in Alausa, Fashola explained that there
were still about 19 people under
surveillance, adding that the 21 days
set aside for the surveillance would end
on September 18, 2014.
His words: “Even though the number of
Ebola cases has reduced and most of the
contacts are out of the 21-day
quarantine, we should avoid any
complacency. Until the last case is over
and surveillance completed, we should
not relent in the effort at tackling the
disease.”
Fashola added that members of the
State Executive Council, SEC, and other
stakeholders’ held a crucial meeting on
how to contain the virus and the
feasibility of September 22, resumption
date set by the Federal Government .
He said by the time results of those
under surveillance are known, the state
would meet with stakeholders in the
education and health sectors to
determine when the schools would be
resuming.

By J Shanmugha Sundaram
Published: 13th September 2014 06:03
AM
www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Three-Nigerians-Deported-for-e-Shopping-Fraud/2014/09/13/article2428745.ece


TIRUVANNAMALAI: Three Nigerians, who had been arrested for indulging in cheating and online fraud in Chennai three years ago, have been ordered to be deported to their native. They are expected to fly off from Chennai on Saturday morning.
Police sources said Oladapo Obasoto Olatunbosun alias Richard (32), Dickson M Dickson (29) and Abiodun Oluwagbemiga Oyekunle alias Jerie (33) have been given air tickets, costing `49,500 each, by the Special Tahsildar (Refugee) on Friday.

They would take the 9.30 am flight from the international airport at Meenambakkam to Dubai and take a transit flight from there to Nigeria. They would reach their country at 6 pm on Saturday.
“The trio will be escorted to airport from the Special Camp at 3 am on Saturday,” Special Tahsildar Jayaprakash Naraynan said.
The State government has processed the deportation of the Nigerians after the Embassy of Federal Republic of Nigeria in Delhi issued emergency certificates for them. “We handed over the air tickets after obtaining the exit permit letter from the Superintendent of Police of Tiruvannamalai J Mutharasi, as per rules,” said the official from the district administration.
The trio had been arrested on charges of online fraud and cheating in the second week of December 2011 by the Chennai police. The police registered a case against them under sections 420, 468 of IPC, 66 C and 66 D of Information Technology Act 2008. The three were subsequently arrested under 3 (2) (e) of Foreigners Act and detained in the Special Camp for Foreigners in
Chengalpet that was later shifted to Cheyyar.
The police team seized from them a Hyundai Santro car, two LED TVs, six mobile phones, three cameras, three watches, seven imported perfumes, three laptops, one Ipod and 32 pairs of shoes, which they had purchased through fraudulent online shopping.
Two others - Paul Osagie Cyrill and Okechukwa from the special camp would be deported to their country on
September 22. The duo had also involved in cheating cases in Chennai and detained in the camp for the last two years.

thegoodjoehunt3: [color=#000099][b]Mikel was rated above Aguero, David Silva, Fabregas in the 2005 U20 World Cup at Netherlands. How did John Shittu hype him. Mikel's performance was so good that journalists gave him good reviews.

Mikel was already being chased by Alex Ferguson...

Unfortunately, all the aforementioned footballers are rated above him now, I stand to be challenged.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/2015-jonathan-will-poll-95-per-cent-vote-maku/


Akwanga (Nassarawa State) – The
Minister of Information, Mr Labaran
Maku, said on Thursday that President
Goodluck Jonathan would get up to 95
per cent of votes from the state in the
2015 presidential election.
Maku made this known to newsmen
after PDP stakeholders’ consultative
forum in Akwanga, Nassarawa State..
He said that Jonathan had immensely
improved the lot of the state by
establishing a university in the state, a
Central Bank building, Court of Appeal,
Federal Secretariat, roads and bridges.
“If you look at what is happening in
Nigeria today, there is no reason for the
people of Nigeria not to rise in support
of Mr President.
“If you look at what this president has
done in Nassarawa State, in 2015 the
president should expect 95 per cent of
the votes in the presidential election in
Nassarawa State.
“As you have seen here, the youth are
saying it must be Goodluck, the women
are saying it must be Goodluck, the
elders are saying it must be Goodluck.
“It is clear to every Nigerian that if
election is conducted today, the
president will take 70 per cent of the
votes in the south, what we saw in
Ibadan was very clear,” he said.
He said that the people of the state had
insisted that rotation of the presidency
was usually after eight years and as
such, Mr President must be supported
to complete the remaining four-year
term of the South-South.
Maku stressed that the South-South had
never ruled the nation before even
though they were the main source of the
nation’s wealth, adding that power
would return to the north by 2019.
He said that sitting president or
governors should not be compelled to go
for party primaries, but should emerge
automatically as consensus candidates.
The minister said that unless where a
party accepted that it had failed the
people, primary elections would be a
waste of resources.
The minister urged party members to
unite and support Jonathan against the
opposition parties. (NAN)

Managers are leaders!

kilokeys: @op as i read this post na im i drink two cups


i don piss three times already..


if i piss for bed, hmmmm e no go funny o

You booked space at 2:06am, aren't u disappointed the thread isn't on FP yet. Lmao.

Mod, kindly move to FP, it may help some1 today.

nifton: Guy accept correction and stop tackling pple,Keshi never said No eagles without Mikel,he is jst impling dat Mikel was one d most experienced in dis current eagles squard and no doubt about dat.

I will accept correction if u give it a better headline! Don't get aggressive.

pat077: the op is silly

To have called the OP silly say a lot about you.
I want to challenge everyone that says the HEADLINE is misleading to read Keshi statement very well and give a caption that best suit it since you are a professional journalist.

If I say Stephen, you will say 'Koshi'
If I say Mikel, you will say 'Slowbie'

Stephen Koshi!
Mikel Slowbie!

Stephen Koshi!
Mikel Slowbie!

Stephen Koshi!
Mikel Slowbie!

Minister of National Planning
(NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman
$15.9bn needed to fix infrastructure
yearly Begins annual summit to market
plan

James Emejo in Abuja

The Minister of National Planning
(NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman,
yesterday said the implementation of the
National Integrated Infrastructure
Master Plan (NIIMP) would create
about 25 million jobs in both the
agricultural and mining sectors of the
economy within the next 30 years.
He said an additional 600,000 jobs were
expected to be created in the
construction segment to aid the
maintenance and expansion of existing
infrastructure within the next five years.
Speaking in Abuja at a press briefing on
the partnership for the implementation
of the NIIMP, he said the plan aims to
boost Nigeria’s infrastructure stock to at
least 70 per cent of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) from the current 25 per
cent as well as identify the investment
required to bridge and expand
infrastructure in the country.
He also said having entered into a
strategic partnership with the African
Infrastructure Summit Group (AISG)
and the Initiative for Infrastructure and
Modern City Development (IIMCD),
investment opportunities of the plan
would be promoted through series of
activities including an annual
infrastructure summit beginning this
month in Lagos.
Sulaiman said the summit would provide
a unique, dynamic and interactive
platform for global infrastructure
decision-makers including
representatives of national and sub-
national governments, infrastructure
developers, bankers, private industry
leaders as well as investment and trade
agencies.
He added that the deep-dive sessions of
the summit were also expected to offer
networking opportunities among
stakeholders to generate huge
investment interest in the country’s
infrastructure.
He said unlike previous policy
summersaults, the NIIMP is sure to
succeed given the political will and buy-
in from Nigerians who made significant
inputs in the development of the
blueprint.
He urged all Nigerians to support the
policy in the general interest of the
nation.
The NIIMP is a policy document of the
federal government for accelerated
infrastructure development and is seen
as a landmark achievement of the
present administration as it sets the
path to economic prosperity and
improved well-being.
Also speaking at the occasion, Principal
Consulting artner, African
Infrastructure Summit Group (AISG),
Mr. Onuoha Nnachi, said Nigeria would
need to increase investment in
infrastructure from the current $10
billion per annum to $15.9 billion per
annum in 2014 and $51.1 billion in 2018
averaging $33 billion per annum or 5.4
per cent of GDP over the next five years.
According to him, the investment rate
should further increase to 7.8 per cent
of GDP between 2019-2023 and remain
above 7 percent of GDP for the rest of
the 30-year plan until 2043.
Giving an investment requirement
across the country, he said the North-
west would require $481 billion; North-
east-$316 billion; North-central-482
billion; South-west-$717 billion; South-
east-$419 billion and South-south-$585
billion.
He said the summit would seek to
explore alternative options to funding
infrastructure including pension assets.


www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-targets-33-6m-jobs-from-implementation-of-infrastructure-master-plan/188831/

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/national-id-partnership-mastercard-wont-compromise-national-database/

Director General/Chief Executive Officer of National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Chris Onyemenam has said that the partnership with the American payment processor, MasterCard on the national electronic identity card will not in any way jeopardise the security of the national identity database.

He stated this when he paid a visit to the corporate head office of the Vanguard Media in Lagos as part of efforts to clear the air on the speculations that the partnership with MasterCard may facilitate undue access to the national database by foreign
governments.
He said the national identity database is not open to inspection by any party, home or abroad and that there is no provision for any foreign government or entity to access the database.

Onyemenam said, “MasterCard is providing functionality for one of the five applets, just as you have with your ATM cards.
No one complains that your name is on the ATM card, or that that information may be held in America. The concern here is biometric data and other demographic information such as next of
kin and son. MasterCard does not have and will never have access to such information.”
“Any suggestion that MasterCard, Visa or any other foreign body will gain access to the database is pure fiction not
backed up with evidence,” he added.

He however noted that in the unlikely event that Nigeria has problems with the US government similar to the issue with Russia; the only part of the entire Card that can cease to function is the payment applet.
Explaining further, he said, “NIMC is the custodian of the National Identity Database and we would be contravening so many national security laws if we ever did so.
The Department of State Security has scrutinised NIMC and can attest that the commission has put all kinds of processes and security measures in place to avoid such breaches of national security. NIMC has also passed ISO 27001.
“It has even gone as far as implementing its own PKI infrastructure which means that digital certificates and keys issued for each individual are not sent offshore for signing, but are signed internally at NIMC headquarters as Nigeria has its
own Registration Authority, RA and Country Signing certificate Authority as well as a host of other PKI systems thereby negating the need to depend on a foreign government to sign our certificates.
Nigeria has its own OID and we had to apply through the Standard Organisation of Nigeria and International Telecommunications Union, which means that Nigeria’s RA is
recognised by ICAO worldwide, making our Card globally-acceptable identity card which conforms to international standards.”

Nigeria national team coach Stephen Keshi says he still believes that John Obi Mikel is a vital cog in the Super Eagles side, despite the midfielder’s lack of game time at his club, Chelsea.
Mikel has not been overly influential during Nigeria’s first two 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying games, which have seen the Super Eagles picking up just a single point from their opening two matches against Congo (2-3) and South Africa (0-0).
Against Bafana Bafana, Mikel was outplayed by Man of the Match Andile Jali, the 24-year-old Belgium-based midfielder who South Africa will build their future around.
It was Jali’s speed, tenacity and skill on the ball that won him most of the one on one battles against the Super Eagles
midfielders.
Mikel appears to having fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge, having only had 23 minutes of action so
far this season for the big-spending London club, but Keshi remains adamant that the 27-year-old is an important part of the national team.

“Just because he is not playing in his team (Chelsea), that does not mean I cannot use him in my team, that’s the coaches’ choice,” Keshi said after
Wednesday night’s 0-0 draw with Bafana Bafana in Cape Town.
“But in my team, if I think that he is good shape, with the wealth of experience he has, all his years in the Champions League, I think he’s very important for us in the team, and we just have to make the best of the situation.”


www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/cant-without-mikel-keshi/

SENATE Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, represents Cross River Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview, he bares his mind on the $1 billion loan
required to combat the Boko Haram insurgency and the alleged bid to stop his return to the Senate by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State. He also spoke on other issues. Excerpts:

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

At what point did you start having problems with the state chapter of your party?
As a person, I have no problem with the state chapter of my party. I don’t have any problem with them. I just noticed certain actions that have no constitutional basis and I believe that they will advise themselves properly and follow the constitution of the party, I don’t have any problem with them. Caucuses were composed in the state with membership that is not provided for in the PDP constitution.

How true is it that the state governor, Liyel Imoke is behind the purported caucuses ?
I have always known the governor to be a stickler for law and the constitution. And nothing has happened to make me change that opinion. I know that he is somebody who respects the law and the constitution. It will be quit strange in my view if he has anything to do with it. I have no evidence to that effect and I don’t believe he will be behind any unconstitutional move.

It was alleged that your problem with the governor started when it was rumoured that you are behind the governorship aspiration of Mr. Goddy Agba.?
There is no such thing. Becoming governor requires a process.

So how do you bring out somebody without following the rules?
And I have said it again and again that I have no hand in it. The President has confirmed that no such thing happened. I have never taken anybody to the President.

What is your take on the new zoning formula of your party?
The caucuses have no powers to zone. The constitution clearly spelt out their powers. It is just an advisory body in the
PDP constitution. In the Electoral Act, a candidate can only emerge through primaries. The way positions have been
shared in my senatorial district is between old Ikom and old Obubra. That has not changed and any day the Senate
seat leaves old Ikom, it is supposed to go to old Obubra.

Why is it that despite the prominent positions you and others occupy in the National Assembly, the Federal road
from Calabar to Obubra has remained in a bad shape?
I think the proper place to get an answer to that is the Federal Ministry of Works because I have done what we are supposed to do. We secure adequate appropriation for some remedial works.
That road was commissioned in 1977. When it was built, the kind of traffic on it now was not anticipated. So I think the road has reached the end of its life span, it now requires total reconstruction.

Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme reportedly said there was no need to send the report of the National Conference to the National Assembly. What is your comment on that?
I have already said that it is up to Mr. President who instituted the conference or who established the conference to decide what he wants to do with the report.

There are some pending reports in the Senate like the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, the report on Ezu River and others. What is happening to them especially, the PIB?
I want to assure Nigerians that the PIB will be passed before the end of the Seventh Senate. I have said that it is a very technical bill, it is a very complex Bill because of the technical component
of the bill.There is also the legal component of the bill, financial
component of the bill and gas component of the bill. When you are going to be compressing about 16 existing laws regulating the
industry into one bill, it will not be done in a hurry. It is an important bill and we want to make sure that when it is passed it will sufficiently capture every aspect of the industry and essentially protect the overall interest of Nigerians.

Before the Senate went on vacation, Mr. President demanded for funds to prosecute the war on terror. Why has the loan not been approved?
To the best of my knowledge, the National Assembly hasn’t approved Mr. President’s request. You will recall that the request came a day or two before we proceeded on annual vacation. So it
hasn’t been approved. When we resume, we will address it because the situation in the North-East has even become more challenging than it was before we left for recess. It is of great concern to Nigerians and we are going to address it.

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Space booked for own verdict later!

By Caleb Ayansina

Abuja — NATIONAL Youth Service Corps, NYSC, yesterday, explained that the N4,000 fee imposed on prospective corps members for printing of call-up letters on-line was for services and infrastructure to be deployed by the collaborating firm.

Director General of NYSC, Brig-General Jonhson Olawumi, said the money was neither for the scheme nor the corps producing institutions as it was being alleged by some quarters.
NYSC, in a bid to improve its operations in line with global cutting-edge technology, went into partnership with a private company, Messrs. SIDMACH Technologies Nigeria Limited, for the full computerisation of the mobilisation process.

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If you mean the God that create heaven and earth, I will appeal you kindly leave God out of your aspiration because you will end up following your mind.

I will find time to come back and comment after reading the article.