For those who enjoy arguments, I am sure they will bring up the argument of one man who was believed to be an heretic when he thought the earth was round while others thought it was flat. I am not discussing basics of science or earth shaking theories in evolution or even technology, what I am concerned with is the fact that a lot of people are depressed and lonely.

Look, I get so amused with Nigerians about Nigeria and in their reaction to political issues, I believe we still have this Boy Scout attitude, this Boy Scout mentality about events. We forget yesterday, right. And we address today as if today did not emerge from yesterday and as if tomorrow is not going to come about.

James Ibori’s case which has been turned into a charade can serve as proxy for others pending in the courts. This particular case has demonstrated, as no other, how those expensive lawyers, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN, and judges have conspired to delay justice. Granted, the great Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, had pronounced that, “A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes”.

REPRIEVE finally came the way of Charles Chukuma Soludo, the once-embattled governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Anambra State gubernatorial elections slated for February 6, 2010, by way of a Supreme Court pronouncement

Some members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are beginning to adjust to the reality of the long absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua from the country and especially the weekly meetings of the council currently chaired by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.

Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu during last week released a 32-man list for Nigeria’s campaign at the Nation’s Cup in Angola next year. The list was not different from the normal. It had same players who prosecuted his World Cup and Nation’s Cup campaigns.

Former Green Eagles goalkeeper Joe Erico and Delta State Football Association chairman, Pinnick Amaju have faulted Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shaibu Amodu on his decision not to give the home-based players he invited for the Nations Cup camping a chance to star for the team.

With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa fast approaching, FIFA and streetfootballworld have announced Nigeria and 31 other delegations that will take part in the “Football for Hope Festival 2010”, holding from June 28 – July 10, 2010 in South Africa

The 2nd edition of the Lagos State Triathlon Championship bankrolled by BAGCO Nigeria Limited ended last Sunday at Apapa Local Government with Effiong Eyo emerging as overall winner of the duathlon event.

Politically, you know I am a founder and not a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There is a distinction and that is why I am making it. As at today, we are about three of such founders still remaining as members on the PDP Board of Trustees. I am, therefore, a life member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of PDP.

Senator Odion Ugbesia, a former political science lecturer, is one of the associates of Chief Tony Anenih. For more than two years after he was reportedly stopped from picking the PDP gubernatorial ticket just before the 2007 general elections, Ugbesia kept a low profile, rejecting requests for media interviews. It was not as if he was quiet in that period as he kept to his duties both as a senator and in his learning as a faithful loyalist of Anenih.

THE South South region is an area united by the oil resource generated from their lands for the sustenance of the nation’s economy. Consequently, almost all sections of the region suffer the problem of environmental degradation and pollution arising from oil exploration. They also share a common problem of political marginalization in the Nigerian state owing predominantly to their status as a minority.

This report presents insiders’ accounts of how Aso Rock Presidential Villa has been functioning in the absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. This report was pieced together using words of very close presidential aides, serving and former ministers in this administration.

By Remmy Diagbare Marcia Okhai and Cynthia Omorodion , two girls from Edo State, who were second and  first runners up at the 2008 edition of Nigeria’s Next Super Model Competition have gone on Facebook to level accusations against Joan Ojorodudu, organizer of the model search.

The Christmas season is here and with the holiday, comes the party season. Party means a bit of drama. You can dazzle on dance floor in party outfits that sparkle and shimmer.