Reported moves by the ruling PDP to dump its zoning arrangement ahead of the 2011 elections have triggered frenzied consultations by the northern political class with a view to protecting the political interest of that part of the country.

Gud aftunun, Okechwa owuke, I’m calling from Limo, my name is Doris, to inform you a car has been arranged to pick you tomorrow, yesterday, at, emm, 10:40, which means at 22.40 from the hotel marina, any time for the pick-up. You may call our office…!.

The Cabal that held Nigeria hostage made up of the following individuals

*Late President Umaru Yar’Adua, whose illness incapacitated him from running Nigeria well.

*Turai, wife, first lady, powerful, not new to power games; some feel she’s over-bearing but others insist she simply stakes her claim in her husband’s affairs; very visible, kept President Yar’Adua away from public glare since he was flown out of the country to Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2009; and determined who should have access to the President.

Two Russian sailors abducted from their ship off Cameroon are in good health and may have been taken by their captors to neighbouring Nigeria, according to the ship’s owner and the Seafarers’ Union of Russia (SUR).

Prof. Tunde Adeniran is a founding member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP! In this interview he bares his mind on the raging debate over the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 polls and counsels the president not to run. But Jonathan’s possible candidature is already tearing the party and the Nigerian polity apart. This is due to the zoning arrangement of one party, the PDP.

The hotel saga which has created a lot of shortcomings in the Super Eagles preparation for the first World Cup on African soil next month should not stop the Eagles from excelling at the Mundial as pressure will be on Diego Maradona’s Argentina, Victor Ikpeba has said.

To perhaps ensure the players return with fat package from South Africa, the Eagles’ captain, Nwankwo Kanu after their first ever physical encounter with the team’s new Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback inside the mainbowl of Abuja National Stadium Thursday evening posited that the players’ concentration on Argentina alone could be disastrous.

Madam, sorry I no come finish work on your car yesterday as I promise,” apologized this motor mechanic. “My wife born, and I dey run around plenty plenty.”

In a sharp reaction to the CAF Champions League draw that pitched Heartland of Owerri with three North African teams, two of which are from Egypt, including six times champions, Al Ahly, assistant coach of the Nigerian representatives and former Nigeria international, Ben Iroha doused fears concerning the club’s fate in the group.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, in Akure, received business mogul, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim and others to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, vowing that the party would win back Ondo State in the next elections.

Nigeria’s foreign reserves have been shrinking since July 2007 when it stood at 67 billion dollars. The books read $40.48 billion last March.

Former Nigeria Referees Association, NRA president Dr. Sam Sam Jaja is not a happy man. He can not fathom the low quality preparation Nigeria is putting up as the World Cup draws dangerously near.

As expected, there are lots of changes coming in the management of the Nigeria Premier league, if what the new chairman of the NPL, Davidson Owumi told Vanguard Sports was anything to go by.

When you conduct an interview with an angry former state governor who was “conned” by a former President of Nigeria, a fellow Yoruba, what do you expect?
Bisi Akande, the former Osun State governor between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of an atrophying Alliance for Democracy, AD, but who today is National Chairman of the Action Congress, AC, can talk. But how do you stop a man who continues to provide invaluable never-before-heard information?

High cocoa prices over the last year have encouraged Nigerian growers to boost output, but many fear the government’s neglect of the sector may scuttle their efforts, the Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Friday. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo launched an ambitious programme in 2005 to raise annual production to over 600,000 tonnes by […]