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EXCLUSIVE: The United midfielder is in no doubt as to the
importance of the crunch clash, but says his side have the
character to beat Wolfsburg
Marouane Fellaini admits Manchester United face a “massive
game” against Wolfsburg on Tuesday but believes his side
have already shown the strength of character necessary to
qualify for the Champions League knockout stage.
United travel to the Volkswagen Arena in their final Group B
fixture knowing that only a victory will guarantee them a place
in the round of 16, with the 0-0 draw at home to PSV in their
previous fixture having left them on the brink of an early exit.
Fellaini admits it is a huge fixture for his side, and one which
will require 100 per cent focus.
“In the Premier League every game is different, every three
points is important because at the end of the season you can
win the league. But against Wolfsburg it’s a massive game because it’s qualification for the next round,” Fellaini told Goal .
The Belgium international insists that the Red Devils have what it takes to advance, with the come-from-behind 2-1 home win against Wolfsburg in their Old Trafford meeting in September proving a notable example of their fighting qualities.
“We have the mentality and the character to come back, the spirit, which I think is the most important,” he added. “So we will see, but I think it will be a massive game. We have [already] played against them. But we know it will be a different game because they are playing at home.”
The 28-year-old made only his second Premier League start of the season on Saturday in the 0-0 draw with West Ham, but he insists that his experience at Manchester United remains a positive one and cites the Champions League as a huge part of that. “Of course. It is a big competition playing against great teams, against great players. The rhythm of the game is different to the Premier League, playing more tactically as well. It is a good experience, of course.”
United need to win in Wolfsburg to ensure
progression to the knockout phase, but would go through regardless by matching PSV’s result against CSKA Moscow.
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The Indigenous People of Biafra on a Peaceful Protest over
the Arrest of the Director of Radio Biafra yesterday along
Ikwerre road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Activities in the commercial city of Aba in Abia State were
yesterday stalled as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
continued its protest for the release of its leader and Director
of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Though the protest was peaceful, vehicular movement was
grounded as the group marched on double lanes of major
roads. The Aba-Owerri Road, Azikiwe Road, Faulks Road,
Tonimas, Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway and other entry and
exit routes were blocked.
It was gathered that the group, yesterday, went round major
markets in Aba and warned traders against opening for
business. The order was obeyed except for shop owners
within streets who though opened, closed down upon
sighting the crowd.
Most public and private schools opened for business though
they said it was a risky gamble owing to the tension in town.
Most proproetors said they could not close as they were preparing for the December break.
Banks witnessed low patronage as only few customers came for business.
Sources said the protesters blocked the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and prevented vehicles from entering Aba. The protesters said  they would not relent in their quest to get freedom for Kanu. 65- year-old Jude Iheme, a pastor, said the actualisation of Biafra was revealed to him in a dream and so he would not relent until Biafra was realised.
“I don’t believe in violence or arms bandying because I am a pastor. Since I got a revelation about Biafra, I have been preaching about it everywhere I go and always joined any pro-Biafra protest because we need to be free.”



Another protester said the protest would continue so far the Federal Government refuses to release Nnamdi Kanu, saying that there would be another protest on the next adjourned date of his trial.
“Nnamdi Kanu is our leader, there is no way we will remain quiet while he is facing trial unjustly. How many of the Boko Haram leaders have they arrested and tried?” The protest ,which started at about 7am went on till about 5pm as members of the group
were seen on the streets of Aba still protesting.
Residents have however lamented their loss since the protest started. They said continuing the protest in December, a period regarded as the peak of economic activities would not be in the interest of business owners.
They urged President Muhammadu Buhari and authorities
concerned to seek ways of ending the agitations.

Protests rocked Kogi State, yesterday, following a report that
a candidate had been picked by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) for Saturday’s governorship supplementary
election outside Kogi East, dominated by Igala people where
the Prince Abubakar Audu, the late candidate of the party,
hailed from.
The report had said, yesterday, that the APC leadership had
picked Audu’s closest rival in the party’s primary ahead of
the Kogi governorship election, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to
replace the deceased in the supplementary election.
Separately, the APC leadership denied that the party had
given the governorship ticket to Bello.
Bello is Ebira, from Kogi Central, while the Igala people are
rooting for one of their own and Audu’s son, Mohammed, to pick the APC ticket.
Protesting youths of Igala extraction, yesterday, blocked River Benue Bridge, to drive home their demand that Igala should get the APC ticket.
They threatened to destroy the bridge at a location called Itobe.
There were similar protests in Ochadamu in Dekina Local Government Area and Idah.
Meanwhile, youths of Kogi West, under the aegis of Okun Youths Forum, cautioned against throwing the state into crisis on the grounds of a non-Igala emerging as the APC candidate for the supplementary election.
At press time, police were said to be battling to disperse the protesters who took over River Benue Bridge as they grew in number.

By Kehinde Ajose Afropop star, Wizkid is one youngster whose swift rise to the top wows everyone. The Ojuelegba sensation is undoubtedly one of the most sought after African pop stars of his generation.
On the flipside, the star boy, as he loves to be called hasn’t been quite fortunate when it comes to winning awards. In a recent interview, the outspoken entertainer says that winning awards isn’t his reason for doing music. His Afrobeat song, Ojuelegba has enjoyed countless airplays and hasfurther added to his star power. He reveals in a recent interview with Fade magazine that he didn’t expect it to be a hit song: I knew ‘Ojuelegba’ was a good song, but I didn’t expect it to blow up the way that it did. My parents still live there. We
have a house there.”

Top Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji has announced the death of his father. Olamide who just released his 5th studio album, Eyan Mayweather, announced the sad news on his Instagram page on Thursday. While praying for the peaceful repose of his father, the YBNL rapper wrote a farewell message via his Instagram thus: “O God, who hast
commanded us to honor our father and our mother; in Thy mercy have pity on the soul of my father, and forgive his trespasses; and make me to see him again in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Rest well Dad.. Forever in my heart.”
On his ‘Street OT‘ album released in 2014, Olamide wrote about his father getting shot by armed robbers on the track ‘1999‘. He also raps about his father on his popular song ‘Anifowose‘. Vanguard Newspaper.