I remained at Sango-Ota up to January 15th 1966, the day the first military coup took place in Nigeria. On the night of the coup, I was at a police checkpoint in Sango Ota when a convoy of Army Land Rover, Trucks, and two Peugeot saloon cars were moving from Lagos to Abeokuta and we had no cause to suspect anything sinister because they were military vehicles presumably on a complimentary patrol to restore order.

Then they dragged me along with them to the main house. On the way one of them started talking in Ibo and the major seemed to question him. I don’t know what was said but it looked as if this man was leading the way.

Over the years, football has witnessed tremendous followership in Nigeria but its development has unfortunately remained static.

Nigeria’s long jumper, Stanley Gbagbake sees the Commonwealth Games as his litmus test for his quest for international recognition.

The storm that greeted the hosting of the Commonwealth Games as the countdown moved into its final three days, athletes are warming for contest.

The Former Flag Officer, Commanding the Western Naval Command and Delta State Governorship Aspirant retired Rear Admiral Chief John Kpokpogri, has warned his supporters not to resort to violence no matter the amount of provocation saying “the era of violence is gone”

Veteran film maker Tunde Kelani is returning back to the stage to commemorate the nation’s golden jubilee anniversary.

As Nigeria marks fifty years of independence, a civil society group Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed concern that, “The extravagant celebration of the country’s fifty years of independence is diverting attention away from the reality that extreme poverty ‘kills’ tens of thousands of Nigerians yearly, and our government seems helpless to do anything about it.”

FORMER Military President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has alleged that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan was gradually tending towards dictatorship.

In a reaction to the Abuja blast, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, condemned the action describing it as unthinkable that a group would choose the opportunity of Nigeria’s golden jubilee to perpetrate such an evil. In a statement signed the Secretary General of the Forum, Anthony Sani, the group urged for a thorough investigation into the action with a view to meting out retribution to offenders.