Cameroon failed to secure a place in South Africa 2013 African Nations Cup after playing out 2-1 (aggregate 2-3) against Cape Verde this evening in Younde,the nations capital.Its unfortunate that another African football powerhouse is missing out once again.

The much-hyped return of striker and captain Samuel Eto'o helped four-time champions Cameroon to a 2-1 home win over Cape Verde but a 3-2 aggregate loss means a second consecutive failure to reach the African football showcase.

Alula Girma and Saladin Seid scored within three minutes during the second half in Addis Ababa to earn Ethiopia a 2-0 victory over Sudan and a ticket to South Africa next January on away goals after a 5-5 aggregate deadlock.

An early Antonio Pereira goal was just what Cape Verde needed to settle the nerves in the intimidating cauldron of a packed 60 000-seat Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde.

Achille Emana levelled soon after and there was relentless Indomitable Lions second-half pressure, including an Eto'o attempt that rebounded off the woodwork, but all they had to show for it was a late Fabrice Olinga goal.

Eto'o was back after a year of international inactivity due to an eight-month ban imposed by the national football federation for instigating a bonus-related boycott of a friendly in Algeria.

He also refused to turn up for the first leg in Cape Verde last month, labelling the national squad "amateurish and badly managed", and his absence contributed to the worst day in Cameroonian football.

Portuguese-speaking Cape Verde is an archipelago off the coast of Senegal with a population of just 500 000, and the national squad consists mainly of footballers at unfashionable European clubs.

The qualification of the Ethiopian Black Lions confirmed a recent upsurge of fortunes that has seen them lead a 2014 World Cup qualifying group after holding South Africa away and defeating Central African Republic at home.

They also won on away goals against Benin in the first elimination round for the 2013 Cup of Nations and now return to a tournament they won for the only time 50 years ago.

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-15-cape-verde-oust-cameroon-ethiopia-also-qualify

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I dont code contacts on my fonebuk,i save names d best way that will remind me ur identity,4 instance,if i met u at a stadium,i can save ur contact wt "tolu stadium".but a friend once told me he used to save his gfs name wt high profile names his wife dare not pick,names like mrs bola tinubu,senator ita giwa, alingson madukwe and so on

I am not a member of any polical party nor an indigine of ondo state,but a concerned nigerian,so be sure i am being as fair as possible. I was suprised to note that at a rally where we have d pdp national chairman, senators,governors,d senate president,d vp and even d president in attendance,nobody at d rally, i mean nobody, including d president spoke about d plan of d pdp or what they plan to do for d people of ondo. It was all about name calling,singhng,ankara agbada and declaring sola oke ( the pdp candidate) governor-elect even before election. I think this show how bereft of ideas our politicians are in Nigeria. Politics should be a forum for people with ideas to help other people achieve their goals and potential. Please lets have ur say on this

In a country with bizare democratic tendencies like Nigeria where d President can wake up n increase fuel pump price at will or ask Sanusi to print N5000, Anytin can happen,if 2moro d President decide 2 cede Nigeria to China,what will be ur chinese name?Mine will be Jin-Sun-Pa

If d rumour were true most nigerians would happily be in planet mars where boko-threat will be a thing of d past

Did anybody switch off his/her phone last night as a result of d fear of cosmic ray from mars.
it was so laughable to me,i slept off holding my phone while browing and was surprised 2 wake up hale n healthy on planet earth and not mars

Guess same thing happend last wk when information went viral about using anytin wt red colour.I wonda why such stuffs lyk ds sell so much in Nigeria

Just a while ago i got this rather strange message and in the half-hour that followd same message from six other "well wishers" followd suit.it read as follows.
"2nyt btw 12:30am to 3:30am cosmic ray wl enter in2 d earth 4rm mars..so switch off ur phones at nyt nd kip them away 4rm u.Pls send 2 others its BBC news"
personally i c it as a ploy by these ntwk providers 2 encourage subscibers 2 waste d awuf sms given them as bonuses.what do u think?

Please guys,which of these two cars will you recommend for a fellow nairalander based on the economy of management of the two rides.
I will particularly appreciate the views of people who has used any of the two cars.I will like to know what the fuel consumption and spare parts management are like in terms of costs.
Thanks

Oga,what do you mean by OBO?

I want to say that as much as window shopping is allowed on this forum its not the best to price xars anyhow if you now you are not buying

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Abeg,make somebody tell me say this story na lie!Na complere local govt area OGD dash OBJ so.

Can anybody tell me the name of the teacher(s) who handled the may/june 2012 candidates.He/she must be querried and if found culpable should be sacked before more harm is done to education in this country.
I was with a friend who is marking biology at the marking centre and was appalled by the performance of the candidates.We were left wandering if there is a biology teacher and a Principal in the school at all.I wonder how many of such teachers are in this country.
I hereby use this medium to call on Gov. Sullivan Chime to querry the biology teacher and principal after the release of the results

Got a message frrom glo bonus last week that I will be given 50% airtime on my next recharge.I have recharged up to N5000 and up till now no bonus

Let first of all congratulate Mikel Obi on the UCL victory,more stenght to your elbow.
My humble point here is why take such a noble project out of the reach of the supposed beneficiaries, it would have been more approriate to lunch it at the ghettos of Lagos or the street of Jos where you grew up,launching it at VI will make your guests comfortable but the targeted beneficiaries will definitely miss out, or how do expect the hungary and the homeless to attend a programe at such venue,where the security people will not allow them in to attend a programe meant for them.
This is the sincere opinion of a true well-wisher of Mikel but a true Man United fan.UP MAN U! UNITED 4 LIFE

I was in a bus from Aba to Lagos yesterday when this hot arguement started between 2 "Chosen" brother and 4 Catholic brothers.
The chosens claimed that a cripled catholic father came to their church (probably for healing,cos I was not paying attention initially) but the catholic brothers refused bluntly that it couldnt be true because a crippled person cant be a Priest in the first place. My question is can a cripple or a physically challenged person become a Priest in the Catholic church?

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;DGuess this is not perculiar to my neighbourhood where so many European footballers are given funny nicknames. Here are some and you are free to add yours to them
1. Thiery Henry igwe (for his goal scoring abilities when in Arsenal)
2. Dimitar berbatov slow poision/controller (slow but dengerous/ good ball control)
3. Obafemi Martins obagoalal (scoring abilities when in Inter)
4. Paul scholes mercinery/pensioner (for coming out of retirement to play for Man U)
5. Balotelli Ballotrouble/balojonjo (for his controversial nature)
6. F. Torres Wazobia/50 million pounds (for none performance despite 50M pounds transfer from liverpool to chelsea)
7. Lionel Messi Merciless mercy/lion mercy (for his skillful play and dangerous moves while on ball)
8. Vander saar vander save (for his good saves)
9. De gea dejo (because of his name)
10.Giggs baba wale (because he is from republic of Wales)
11. Song strong (very strong when holding the ball)
12. C. Ronaldo C-rodo/ C- peper (his dangerous play/his name)
13. Lampard Ike/lampholder (for bending while playing/his name)
14. Drogba Rogba (from his name)
15. Anelka Alhaji (for keeping beards like alhaji)
16. John terry John Thomas (philandering/ his name)
17. Ivanovich idi buttom/ifa (for his female like buttocks/his name)
18. Asavin Asa/alubosa elewe (his name/he always tuck-in while on pitch)
19. Almunia Alu/alumi (his name)
20. Tevez Vampire (his scary looks)
21. Okocha J.J (was given the name when he was newly introduced into the national team)
22. Kanu Papillo (given to him when playing in Arsenal)
23. Odewingie osaze (his name)
24. Yakubu yak (his name)
25. J.S park chinco Dual sim (because of his asian/chinese look)
26.Refael and Fabio ibeji oran (because they are twins)
27. Valdes Alakowe (because of his way of goal keeping)
28. Ronaldinho Eyin (because of his uncovered teeth)
29. becham becky (his name)
30. higuin igunnugun (his name)
31. Z.Zidane Apari/ head butt (because of his bald head/headbutting Mattarazi)
kindly feel free to add your opinion ;DGuess this is not perculiar to my neighbourhood where so many European footballers are given funny nicknames. Here are some and you are free to add yours to them
1. Thiery Henry igwe (for his goal scoring abilities when in Arsenal)
2. Dimitar berbatov slow poision/controller (slow but dengerous/ good ball control)
3. Obafemi Martins obagoalal (scoring abilities when in Inter)
4. Paul scholes mercinery/pensioner (for coming out of retirement to play for Man U)
5. Balotelli Ballotrouble/balojonjo (for his controversial nature)
6. F. Torres Wazobia/50 million pounds (for none performance despite 50M pounds transfer from liverpool to chelsea)
7. Lionel Messi Merciless mercy/lion mercy (for his skillful play and dangerous moves while on ball)
8. Vander saar vander save (for his good saves)
9. De gea dejo (because of his name)
10.Giggs baba wale (because he is from republic of Wales)
11. Song strong (very strong when holding the ball)
12. C. Ronaldo C-rodo/ C- peper (his dangerous play/his name)
13. Lampard Ike/lampholder (for bending while playing/his name)
14. Drogba Rogba (from his name)
15. Anelka Alhaji (for keeping beards like alhaji)
16. John terry John Thomas (philandering/ his name)
17. Ivanovich idi buttom/ifa (for his female like buttocks/his name)
18. Asavin Asa/alubosa elewe (his name/he always tuck-in while on pitch)
19. Almunia Alu/alumi (his name)
20. Tevez Vampire (his scary looks)
21. Okocha J.J (was given the name when he was newly introduced into the national team)
22. Kanu Papillo (given to him when playing in Arsenal)
23. Odewingie osaze (his name)
24. Yakubu yak (his name)
25. J.S park chinco Dual sim (because of his asian/chinese look)
26.Refael and Fabio ibeji oran (because they are twins)
27. Valdes Alakowe (because of his way of goal keeping)
28. Ronaldinho Eyin (because of his uncovered teeth)
29. becham becky (his name)
30. higuin igunnugun (his name)
31. Z.Zidane Apari/ head butt (because of his bald head/headbutting Mattarazi)
kindly feel free to add your opinion

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SIR ALEX FERGUSON SAID AND I QUOTE

"Of course I feel sympathy for him," Ferguson said. "He is a great football man. He has done an incredible job for Arsenal for 15 years. He has given them a quality of football that they have never experienced. He brought some exciting players to the club. He deserves respect for that."

He added: "When you play Arsenal, you don't expect that. We have had some great results against them in the past but when you see Arsenal had a weakened team like that, you do expect to score goals because all their quality was in the forward positions.

"When we hit form like that, someone suffers. Arsenal unfortunately suffered."
Q.E.D

Let somebody tell Mrs Arsene Wenger not to give Mr Arsene Wenger supper tonite because he does not deserve it.Mr Arsene Wenger tender your resignation letter today before you have a repeat of today's performance  in the hands Swansea Football Club

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