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24 April, 2013 Football Gor Mahia goalkeeper Jerim Onyango has been recalled to the Harambee Stars squad to start preparations for the return leg match of the World Cup qualifier against Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Nairobi on June 5. Onyango, who has been in and out of the team, makes a comeback to fight for the goalkeeping position alongside Sofapaka’s Duncan Ochieng, Wilson Obungu (Bandari) and Martin Musalia (AFC Leopards). Thika United forward Kennedy Otieno has earned a call up to the team for the first time after he scored a hat-trick against Karuturi Sports during Sunday’s KPL fixture in Thika. Other new faces include Chemelil Sugar’s Daniel Mutai, Ben Barasa of Sony Sugar, David Mwaura (Mathare United) and of Benedict Owuor KCB. Coach Adel Amrouche also confirmed he had axed AFC Leopards defender Edwin Wafula for indiscipline as he unveiled a 25 member squad comprising of local based players. Wafula was sent off against Chemelil Sugar

24 April, 2013 Politics The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday described the merger of opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a weak association that would crumble and disappear by 2014, one year before the next general election. So confident is he of this that during a courtesy visit to THISDAY corporate offices in Lagos yesterday, he put his father’s name on the line. “If they don’t crumble and disappear by 2014, don’t call me Okupe,” he bragged. Okupe’s visit to THISDAY seemed to have been a public relations stunt that was carefully arranged either when the journalists went to lunch, or after Okupe had gagged them, because no professional asked him any questions following what seemed like a one-sided lecture. The self-described “attack lion” of President Goodluck Jonathan dismissed the view that the merger would r

24 April, 2013 Arts and Entertainment Dominique Oputa is the last child of the Areafada a.k.a Charly Boy. She currently lives in Atlanta where she's studying Fashion and Design in the University of Arts Institute. Her dream is to become a famous designer some day. Like her famous dad, Dominique has tattoos and piercings and is very fearless. In this interview with New Wave Productions, she talks about her life in the US, her father and his influence in her life. Are you happy to be home; would you settle in Nigeria or you would finally settle abroad? This will always be home for me, at least, it’s comforting to know one is with family, and I am glad to be home. I missed home, mum and dad. Things may not be what it should be, but home is it. There were too many things I took for granted before I left, but now I know better. When I’m done with schooling, I will be back home, to do my own thing too, even though, the weather is killing me ri

24 April, 2013 Business and Economy Citing a lean purse, and the pressure of time, the Federal Ministry of Works in Abuja, Wednesday, said they are shopping for N921.4 billion of the N1.39 trillion they need to complete 195 ongoing road projects across the country.   The Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, who briefed journalists after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, said, if government were to depend solely on its annual budget, “it will take another eight years before the projects can be completed.”   Mr. Onolememen, spoke alongside the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, hinting at a plan of a loan to cover the shortfall.   “To ensure timely completion of all the projects, a multilateral approach was under way as well as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme that will add about 6,000 kilometers of road nationwide is being explored,” he said. The minister said in the past twelve years, the f

24 April, 2013 Arts and Entertainment Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde who was chosen as one of the most influential people in the world is currently in New York. Last night,she attended Time Magazine's Gala night in New York. She was welcomed by Nigerians living in New York and she also met with Arianna Huffignton the editor of Huffington post media group. She was lodged at Amazeballs Glass Suite on the 35th floor at Time's Square. RELATED ARTICLE: Omotola Jalade Ekeinde Makes The 2013 TIME 100 Icon List

24 April, 2013 Education The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination may not hold in troubled Northern  states on Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Wednesday.   Addressing Journalists in Abuja, the JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, said the board “may not hesitate to stop the examination” if there is any security problem”.   Media reports say no fewer than 185 people died in last Friday’s  face-off between the Boko Haram and the Joint Task Force in Baga, Borno State, while 2,000 houses were reportedly razed.   Responding to a question on security challenges in the country, Ojerinde said, “yesterday it was a big discussion among some agents as well as JAMB. We believe that things will be alright. Faith, you see , we have  the belief that we will surmount the problem.  “If however, there is any problem, we may not hesitate to stop the examination in those areas to the e

24 April, 2013 Accidents On Thursday a ghastly motor accident occurred along Owerri, Port Harcourt express road after the Army Barracks in Obinze, just a few meters after the entrance of Arab Contractors Nig Ltd, involving a petrol tanker and a bus carrying full load of passengers. Three passengers died on the spot including the driver, two died later at the hospital. As if that was not enough, on Friday a Sienna coming from Owerri and heading to Imo state Polytechnic Ohaji somersaulted severally on the same spot. The car was seriously damaged but thankfully the three occupants came out alive with praises to God. Today Tuesday, a man was caught on that same spot with charms doing what was best known to him in a language most people didn’t understand. He was promptly surrounded by the youths of Ohaji. The man was taken to the Eze who handed him over to the police. Before this, the man who could only speaks hausa language mentioned that he ha

24 April, 2013 Foreign Police in northern India said Wednesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman in a deal that was struck on Facebook. Feroz Khan, a resident of Ludhiana city in the northern state of Punjab 300 kilometres from New Delhi, had allegedly kidnapped his grandson shortly after he was born earlier this month. Khan sought help from two temporary employees at a local hospital where his daughter gave birth, who contacted the buyer on Facebook and arranged the deal for 45,000 rupees ($830). "All three people who conspired to sell the child have been arrested and we will be interrogating the businessman who paid the money to buy the baby," Satish Malhotra, a senior police officer in Ludhiana said. Police have rescued the baby and returned him to his mother, Noori Khan, a divorcee, who had lodged the complaint against her father. The three accused have been charged