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Ikuru reportedly fell out with his boss, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, over the choice of the governorship candidate of the APC, Dr. Dakuku Peterside 2 Reports on Sunday afternoon has it that the Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party

Cristiano Ronaldo is angry. Real Madrid's star man has, at least, spent much of the build-up to Sunday's Clasico - which could see Barcelona move four points clear at the top of La Liga - seemingly in a state of intense frustration with the world around him.

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will today battle against host Senegal in their quest to win their seventh title in the U-20 Africa Youth Championship. The Nigeria team tutored by Manu Garba and assisted by Nduka Ugbade defeated the Black Satellites of Ghana in the semi-finals, while Senegal inflicted a shocking defeat on highly-rated Mali in the second semi-finals. Today’s grand finale means a lot to the Nigerian coach who is leading a flock of talented players who graduated under him from the Under-17 category where they were world champions.

Nigeria has produced its fair share of great sportsmen and women - but unlike footballers and polo players, cricketers rarely get the West African nation's heart beating. Cricket and Nigeria may seem an incongruous pairing, but in Lagos many a weekend players in their colourful kit take to the crease on a dusty pitch in a fiercely competitive cricket league. "This league actually boasts about 99% of the Nigerian national team," says Femi Solebo, who chairs the Club Cricket Committee Lagos and also plays for the Ibeju Lekki Cricket Club.

With days to the 2015 presidential poll, Kevin, Charlyn and Kimberly Associates, a United Kingdom (UK)-based research and political risk consultancy firm has projected that incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will win the March 28 poll with a margin of 13 percent probability ratings. A statement issued by its Vice President (VP) for Africa and Middle East, Mr. OC. Vince which was made available to journalists in Abuja on Friday,

Movie director- recently turned social ranter, Charles Novia and actress, Foluke Daramola have had a spat. It was more of a worded face-off. There were two sides- President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, Charles for the former while Foluke was for the latter.

With just one week to the presidential and National Assembly elections, unsavoury ripples of politicking are mounting, as the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend made fresh allegations suggesting a clandestine plot by the presidency to use the country’s premier anti-corruption agency to clamp down on its leaders. Tinubu The APC, which is the major opposition party in the country, alleged on Saturday that it had uncovered plans by the Federal Government and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), intended to cripple the party by arresting its leaders days to the election.

The two most succesfull teams in England, Liverpool and Manchester United, will go head to head today at Anfield, in a game that could go a long way to determining which side secures a Champions League place. The MATCH is considered to be one of the biggest rivalry MATCHES in Europe. Between them they have won 121 honours, including 80 major trophies: 59 (41 major) for Liverpool and 62 (39 major) for Manchester United.

World number one Novak Djokovic easily recorded his sixth successive victory over Andy Murray to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The defending champion broke the British number one three times to win the opening set and once in the second to triumph 6-2 6-3 in 88 minutes. Murray did save three match points but the Scot hit a backhand into the net on the fourth to gift the Serb victory.

  Yemeni soldiers stand outside the compound of the US embassy in Sanaa on March 4, 2015. Yemen’s Shiite rebels issued a call to arms Saturday to battle supporters of the country’s embattled president, as US troops evacuated a southern air base crucial to America’s drone strike program after al-Qaida militants seized a nearby city. The turmoil comes as Yemen battles al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the target of the drone program, and faces a purported affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings killing at least 137 people Friday.

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), has told wife of the APC presidential candidate, Aisha Buhari, to enjoy her fifteen minutes of fame while it lasts. The PDPPCO released a statement reprimanding Aisha Buhari for advicing the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, that she would not be sent to jail if her husband, General Muhammadu Buhari wins, as unneeded.