As a prelude to the forthcoming elections in Nigeria, a lot of political slogans and sobriquets have been coined to entice and/or lure voters into casting their preferences for some candidates and/or their respective political parties. One of such political coinages is the now much advertised “one man one vote” slogan.

The NBA Delegates’ Election 2010, which is to produce the next President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for the next 2 years, needs a diligent, dedicated, upright, transparent and devoted patriot with tremendous international exposure to lead it into the 2nd decade of this century.

A reorganisation of domestic leagues and more home-grown coaches in charge of national teams may help international soccer in Africa progress, according to Nigerian boss Lars Lagerback after a World Cup disappointment.

When in 2007 the story of two Chinese expatriates that were kidnapped by alleged gun men broke, it shook the landscape of Anambra state while a section of the public wished it away as one of those incidents that take place in the Niger Delta, another school of thought became apprehensive of its implications in the Nigerian Chinese relations.

On June 3, this year, a five member panel of the Supreme Court fixed October 10 for definite hearing in two separate appeals challenging the verdict of an Abuja Federal high court which declared Mr Emmanuel Obot as the candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2007 poll into the Uyo constituency seat of the National Assembly.