9 March 2011 Nigerias Super Eagles have picked Everton striker Victor Anichebe ahead of Obafemi Martins as a direct replacement for injured Turkey-based striker Emmanuel Emenike for a forthcoming Nations Cup qualifier versus Ethiopia. MTNFootball.com exclusively gathered that Birmingham City cup hero Martins was pencilled to replace Emenike before the team selectors finally settled for Anichebe. The choice was between…
The chairman, House Committee on Information, Eseme Eyiboh, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ‘primary election’ held in his constituency. According to Mr. Eyiboh, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct any election before forwarding the name of Bassy Dan Abia to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as House of Representatives candidate…
Delta State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised mass housing for the state’s citizens if he is elected in the April polls. Speaking to journalists at the weekend, Mr. Omo-Agege disclosed that he had a good housing policy for Delta indigenes and implored them to give him their votes on April 16, 2011…
Traditional rulers in Cross Rivers State have endorsed the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and are set to direct their subjects to vote for him in the April presidential election. At a reception for the president and his vice Namadi Sambo at the Council of Chiefs Chamber in Calabar on Monday, they said “every thing has its time and…