Thierry Henry Quits Active Football

Former Arsenal striker, Thierry Henry, has announced his decision to retire from professional football with immediate effect.
The 37-year-old football legend recently decided to leave New York Red Bulls, but had yet to make a final decision on his future, .
Henry has now made it clear that he will no longer continue his playing career and will start working as a pundit with Sky Sports instead.

Over 150 Boko Haram Militants Killed In Cameroon

Cameroonian soldiers may have killed over 150 persons suspected to be Boko Haram militants in the northern part of the country,
The men were reportedly killed during an attack in Amchide, an area near the Nigerian border, at about 8:30pm on Thursday night, according to a top security source.
The source disclosed that the militants attacked the defence and security forces in their hundreds, but met their Waterloo.

VP SLOT: MIMIKO DARES APC ON SOUTH-WEST VOTES

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Tuesday said whether the All Progressives Congress picks its presidential candidate’s running mate from the South West or not, the zone would vote massively for President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 elections.
He said the forthcoming presidential elections would be about real issues and not about the propaganda being spread by members of the opposition party.
The governor spoke with State House correspondents shortly after attending a function at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

4 Nigerian Officials Who Can Guarantee The Success Of The 2015 Elections By Dr. Wumi Akintide

Dr. Wumi Akintide
We The People” as defined by the 8th wonder of the world, the American Constitution can be taken for granted as the most culpable for the failure of Democracy anywhere around the world. When Chinese trooped out in their millions at the Tiananmen Square to protest the negative effects of Communism and Human Rights violations in their country, the Chinese leadership across the board, despite their public denial, definitely took notice that something had to change in China if Communism and their regime were to survive.

Why We Trek – By Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky

At the grand Arba’een commemoration in Zaria on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky says, the Arab’een trek has historical antecedent and religious precedence in Islam.

The fortieth day (Arba’een) commemoration after the martyrdom of Imam Husain is commemorated annually by the Islamic Movement, following a symbolic trek by millions of people from across the country.

Goodluck Jonathan Is Like Jesus Christ – Doyin Okupe

Poeple do not understand the burden this president is bearing. He’s like Jesus Christ. He’s bearing the burden of everybody,” Okupe said while commenting on the state of the nation on Sunrise Daily.
According to him, the efforts of the government in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency as well as in power were being hindered by external factors, even as the nation gears up for the 2015 elections, which Okupe said would be impossible for Jonathan to lose.

FRSC, LASTMA, others to clear Apapa-Oshodi Road as Adeboye visits Vanguard

THE Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have pledged free-flow of traffic on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway ahead of the visit of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye to the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited, Apapa on Thursday.Pastor-Adeboye
The leadership of the Vanguard Media Christian Fellowship in alliance with the management of the company have secured the assurances of all security forces in the state to maintain law and order before, during and after Pastor Adeboye’s visit.

Corruption: Shekarau’s Surprise

MINISTER of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, is alarmed at the depth of corruption among university graduates. He wondered about the situation during an assessment visit to the University of Lagos. Does Mallam Shekarau live in Nigeria?
“Education is the main engine room for the movement of our nation Nigeria. Education is meant to make us responsible human beings and help us change our attitude for better. We are having more graduates and we are still having more 419 people.

Gunmen kidnap pastor’s wife, demand N20m ransom

THE wife of Pastor Chris Aniamaka, in charge of Dominion City, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Pastor Ifeanyi Aniamaka, has been kidnapped by gunmen at her residence in Abakaliki.
Vanguard learned that the victim, who was trailed in a yellow bus while she was driving in her KIA Rio car, was intercepted at her residence on Onwe Nkam Street, Democracy Estate, Abakaliki and kidnapped.
In a chat with Vanguard, the husband of the victim, Pastor Aniamaka, called on the church for prayers and for security agents across the state to ensure the speedy release of his wife from the hands of the abductors.

Wike won’t get up to 10 % of votes – Rivers APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has predicted that immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, is unlikely to get up to 10 percent of the votes to be cast during the 2015 governorship election in the State not minding the pledges and support by Dame Patience Jonathan the Nation’s First Lady and others.
Wike emerged in very controversial circumstances as the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after 16 other aspirants were physically prevented from attending the primary election to select the party’s governorship candidate.