There is always a whiff of excitement each time the Mobil track and field championships draw near. It is the period, top Nigerian athletes are called upon to give a summary of their build up for the year’s top contests.

There is greater mobilization of conflicting interests in the polity; and the politics of zoning has added another dimension of desperation. Besides, the usual litigants are tired of the electoral adjudicatory process and are ready to improve the Kano, Bauch and Ekiti strategy. If President Jonathan becomes a candidate, then he can only win on ideas and platforms. He will win because he ran a campaign more credible than the rest.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday said its choice of 2011 presidential flagbearer in the presidential elections will ‘shake Nigerians’ but hinged the choice of such a candidate on who the ruling Peoples Democratic Party picks as its Presidential Candidate.

Nigerian educational system, since the military rule, has been declining. This was not so during colonialism, the First Republic  and when missionaries held sway in  the system. Then,   Nigerians, including their elites, educated  their children at home. Even those who studied abroad returned home for employment. However, with the collapse of the system,  a lot […]

Few days after the nation was shocked by the rumpus in the the House of Representatives the speaker of the House is involved in another dispute with the Senate President, David Mark . Bankole had alleged that copies of the amended constitution sent to State Houses of Assembly by the Senate was the doctored one, distinct from the harmonised document arrived at by both chambers of the National Assembly.

I really do not know what is happening. Something is changing and we all must not ignore it. I don’t know if it is something in the air or something in our diet. Either way, some people had better taking a serious look into it or everyone would be done for.

It was the Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim. Our Governor prepared our passports and all travel documents. We did not pass through any hassle in getting all the necessary things done, including our visas.

Bayelsa State government has sought the approval of the state House of Assembly to spend the State Reserve Balance of N750million to complete over nine capital projects.

THE National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said yesterday that as a party, it was not in any way afraid of Professor Attahiru Jega as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, has joined other Nigerians to condemn the exploitation of women in Nollywood. She therefore wants an improvement on the prevalent themes in our movies.