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If there is one tough decision the Chelsea management board is to make real quick, that will be the dilemma as to who succeeds the interim caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo. The Italian born coach has achieved in less than four month arguably what mourinho could not in his brief spell at Chelsea except perhaps the premier league title. Most Chelsea fan are still basking in the euphoria of their triumph over world super power Barcelona and former European Champion Bayern Munich to clinch their first ever Champions league title. Considering the team poor run in the league after dipping further down the table signalling what would have become their worst season ever; Andrea Villa Boas was shown the exit door thus paving way for the Italian as a caretaker manager. The impasse to appoint a long term future manager may linger on; factions within the Chelsea board hierarchy are torn between offering Di matteo a permanent deal or probably a year contract. This rises the poser- what is/a...

From Tobi Soniyi in Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja today May 23rd 2012 condemned in strong terms the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of a former governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Justice Gladys Olotu while ruling on Saraki's application to withdraw his application to stop the police from arresting him, said that the police undermined the authority of the court when it issued a warrant for Saraki's arrest and also declared him wanted after they (the police) have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court. She also set aside the order issued by the police declaring Saraki wanted on the ground that such an order foisted a fait accompli on the court. The judge rejected the arguments of the police counsel, Mr Femi Falana that the court did not have the power to stop the police from carrying out their constitutional duties. According to her, once a party has submitted a dispute to the court and the other party has been served, the proper thing to do is to al...

What Would You Have me do? – By Wale Bakare - @waleflame My name is Rolake, I live in Onike, a suburb of Yaba metropolitan area in Lagos. I am here to tell you my story or perhaps my ordeal in a humorous manner. Being the last born of a family of five has often endeared me to people, I get favour where others have been disappointed. My guiltless face with an impish smile no doubt deceived people to be overly nice to me. I took advantage of this allure to warm myself straight to people’s heart. All that was while growing up, things have changed quickly… I have out-grown my once- upon- a-charming self. I have wailed severally at the loss of my dad while in final year to the extent that good favours that usually accompanied my pretty smile albeit taking for granted then, had all eluded me. Here I am aging, but young at heart and I need to accomplish a whole lot of things like- get a good job-Car- and ultimately find my missing rib. Sad? - Don’t cry for me yet- wait ...

BY.... WALE BAKARE There has been a beehive of activities in the Nigerian political terrain of recent. Top on the melee is the Farouk Lawan subsidy scam probe being attended to by the house on the recommendations of the subsidy committee. The report has been aired and read by the house, we eagerly await the presidency for full implementation to prosecute those indicted by the report. In a society where high profile case of corruption such has the 2 Trillion naira fuel subsidy scam discovery, one would have expected a show of remorse from the culprits by voluntarily resigning their current appointments and maintain a low profile pending when further actions would be taken by the presidency and the anti-graft bodies. Surprisingly the reverse is the case; the cabals are even gathering more momentum to witch-hunt and torment Senator Saraki with corruption case that holds no water. Rather than bury their head in shame for committing the greatest c...