Arsenal's Jack Wilshere puts 'mistake' in past and says: No more smoking

Jack Wilshere says there will be no repeat of the "mistake" which saw him pictured smoking outside a nightclub last week.

The Arsenal midfielder was out celebrating his side's Champions league victory over Napoli when a photographer caught him with a cigarette in his mouth.
Wilshere was spoken to by Arsene Wenger but returned to the team at West Brom, where his second-half equaliser earned a 1-1 draw and sent Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League.
And speaking to the club website, he said: "Players make mistakes.
"I am not a smoker. I spoke with the boss and he asked me what happened, I explained to him and we sorted it out.

"Players make mistakes. I am not a smoker. I spoke with the boss and he asked me what happened, I explained to him and we sorted it out."

“I love Davido’s music, he’ll go very far” – Chelsea striker, Eto’o

Chelsea striker and four-time African Footballer of the Year, Samuel Eto’o Fils, has revealed that he is a big fan of Davido’s music.

The 32-year-old footballer linked up with Nigerian pop star in London, where he danced to his viral single, Skelewu.
Davido took to Twitter to share his excitement at meeting the Cameroon international, while Eto’o also wrote: “Had a great time with my lil bro @iam_davido! Very talented artist. He’ll go very far. I love his music #skelewu”

Jealous ex-girlfriend sets rival ablaze in Enugu

According to a report by Sunnewsonline.com, a 20 year old girl allegedly set ablaze the 22 year old new love interest of her ex-boyfriend. Cynthia Onah reportedly went to her ex-boyfriend's house at Onugba Nike area in Enugu State late at night with a gallon of fuel and emptied its content on Chinwe Igwe, her ex's girlfriend, who was sleeping. The incident took place on August 24th.

The Commissioner of Police Enugu State, Mr. Mohammed Adamu described the incident as very unfortunate. “It is terrible that a girl because of jealousy would set another girl on fire simply because they are befriending the same boy.”

CP Adamu explained that on that fateful day, Cynthia had in connivance with another suspect, one Obiora Chukwuegbo stormed Chika’s home and set Chinwe on fire. It was only the assistance of  neighbours that Chinwe was rescued through the window as the fire consumed the room. She was said to have been taken to a private hospital before she was transferred to Annunciation Specialist Hospital  Emene, Enugu State where she is still receiving treatment.

The boyfriend, Chika told Sunday Sun

“I am a driver and I’ve been dating Chinwe for the past five years. We had little quarrel and we stopped dating. I meet Cynthia who is a prostitute and dated her for just one month. We separated one month after because at times she would be chasing me with a knife. I couldn’t bear it and so I went back to settle with my former girlfriend. Cynthia didn’t give up as she threatened that she was going to deal with us. She even threatened to pour acid on me.

Being a driver, I travelled the day Cynthia burnt my girlfriend. It was one of my neighbours that called me to say that my house was on fire and that somebody poured fuel under the door and it exploded and burnt my girlfriend who was sleeping in the room; that they have rescued her through the window.

“When I got home, I saw that all my property had been burnt to ashes. My girlfriend was hospitalized because she sustained injuries from the fire. But I am determined and I have promised God that with the condition of my  girlfriend that I am still going to marry her.”

The suspect, Cynthia, who hails from Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of  Enugu State, said

“I started dating Chika when he had misunderstanding with his former girlfriend, Chinwe. We dated for one month and then he told me that he was no longer interested in marrying me. Chika is owing me N12,000. When we had a quarrel, I did not threaten him with a knife. I only used the knife to deflate his tyres.

“I have quarreled with Chinwe several times. I sent her a text message to leave my boyfriend. Because she threatened  me, I also threatened her that she will never enjoy the relationship. I don’t  know anything about who took fuel to the house of her boyfriend and burnt  the house. On that fateful day, Chika called my phone at night and said that I should meet him at Emene junction. I was out waiting for him when the policemen from the State CID arrested me. I didn’t know anything about the incident. I only know we have traded words.”

When  Sunday Sun visited the victim at the Annunciation Specialist Hospital Emene Area, Enugu State, she said:

“I am still shocked at what happened. I regret dating Chika as I have been turned to something else now. I saw  Cynthia Onah and  Chukwuegbo Obiora after they had poured  fuel under the door and fire was everywhere. I was calling him for help. It was when I was calling  for help through the other window that  I saw Cynthia Onah and Obiora Chkwuegbo running away and I was shouting for help until the neighbours broke one of the windows and carried me out from the window”,  she said.

“My relationship with Chika is over. I am in pains and agony. I didn’t know what to do. I was sleeping and suddenly I saw smoke and it exploded and caught fire. I could have been burnt to ashes if not for the neighbours who broke through the window and rescued me,” she added.

CP Adamu said the suspects would soon be charged to court.

Ngige, Obiano raise stakes as Anambra guber election approaches

The duo of Senator Chris Ngige and Chief Willie Obiano, governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, respectively are currently on their wits end in a bid to win the governorship seat of Anambra State in the forthcoming election.
Ngige, since he was booted out of office in 2006, has rightly constituted himself into a one-man-opposition to Governor Peter Obi’s administration, and the election of Chief Obiano as the flagbearer of APGA, a move deemed to have been spearheaded by Obi has extended Ngige’s rivalry to the him (Obiano).
On the other hand, the leadership of the APGA are not under-rating the powers of Ngige in the state, and as such have also marked him as the number one man to beat in the election if their candidate will make it to the government house. This has led both candidates to see each other as arch rivals.
Matters came to a head last month when Ngige moved to the home town of Obiano, Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state to pick a running mate in the person of Dr Mike Aghadinuno, an academician, with the hope of using him to weaken the powers of Obiano in the area.
Though Ngige last week announced a change in the choice of a running mate, he did not go far from Aguleri as he settled for a two term federal legislator, Dr. Ralph Okeke who hails from Nzam, in neighbouring Anambra West Local Government Area.

National Conference committee: Nwabueze excuses self, nominates replacement

A member of The Patriots, and one of those nominated as members of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the proposed national conference , Professor Ben Nwabueze, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan to be excused on medical grounds.
Nwabueze had been a strong proponent of the national discourse.
It would be recalled that a few weeks ago, Mr. Jonathan, after a meeting with The Patriots delegation in Aso Rock, changed his stance on the conference, saying he was not in any way against it as being speculated in some quarters.

Enyeama, Mba lead early arrivals to Super Eagles camp, Keshi calls for concentration

Stand-in skipper Vincent Enyeama, was among the first set of players to arrive the Super Eagles camp, ahead of this weekend’s crucial 2014 World Cup play-off against Ethiopia.

The other players who made it early include: Uche Nwofor, Chigozie Agbim, Sunday Mba, Solomon Kwambe, Azubuike Egwuekwe and Benjamin Francis.
Coach of the team Stephen Keshi, has called for his boys to have full concentration, as training is scheduled to begin on Tuesday afternoon.
“We need the concentration and support of all to reach our goal and I know that everyone here is a thorough bred professional and will give that to the team and the Nigerian people,” he said.

Rivers PDP queries Amaechi’s salary deduction policy

The Felix Obuah-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State says it can no longer keep quiet over the cries and lamentations of hundreds of thousand civil servants in the state whose salaries have been allegedly slashed by the state government every month.
The party in a statement issued and signed by Jerry Needam, Special Adviser on Media to the State Party Chairman said it had observed that civil servants in the state were going through “untold hardship inflicted on these helpless government workers, using the baseless state social services law as a cover”.
PDP accused Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of using the arbitrary salary deductions as a ploy to pull enough resources for his highly speculated 2015 Vice Presidential ambition.
The party also described as unfair Amaechi’s insensitivity and unconcerned attitude to the cries of the workers.