With about 72 hours to the elections into CAF Executive Committee in Khartoum, Sudan, former Gombe State Football Association chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has said that Nigeria’s chances of gaining the coveted seat through Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima looks slim.

I WOULD never have imagined that the next time I ran into Bolaji it would be on a plane en route to good old Britain. The last time I saw him was over 15 years ago. We’d dated briefly after he’d relentlessly come after me – with the whole works. Dinner, fancy presents and just sitting down for stretches of amusing matters.

Pioneer African nationalist leaders who fought for independence were no doubt gallant agitators but they certainly were not democrats. What they sought after was power not democracy.

There are battles in your life that appear obviously mightier than your strength, and tougher than your wisdom. Because of the complex nature of the battles, you don’t know what else to do. You have done all you know to do, but all to no avail. When you switch over to praise, God will show up in your favour.

I must confess that I was a bit upset about the image that some of the readers who responded to the piece above are giving to our Nigerian women.

Who are you blaming? Is it the producer or the consumer? Anybody can sing what they like, if the consumer does not like it, they will not even dance to it let alone buy it

It’s a big party, a rich man’s father is being buried somewhere in the eastern part of Nigeria, no expense is spared and all are invited. Someone invites a student from one of the universities nearby and she turns up with a retinue of 20 others who want to eat for free and possibly get some take-away packs to take back to school. Nothing unusual, students even in my days never had enough and if good food was going for free they were bound to turn up invited or otherwise.

St. Valentine’s Day for 2011 has come and gone, but it raises some fundamental questions about love which deserve thoughtful consideration. First and foremost, what is love? How can one differentiate genuine love, if such a thing exists, from counterfeit love? Why do we love at all? What are the basic ingredients that define love?

Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has candour.
He is honest and straight-forward. And, that is what you get from a man who tells you to your face why he would prefer this man to that man.

As the search to find a new solo-singing talent in Nigeria hots up, 13 finalists emerged for the first edition of Nigerian Idol as the competition entered the final stage last Saturday, January 29, 2011

There is no end to baring the legs. Short pleated dresses is a good way to do that as pleats make a return Pair with great shoes and enjoy baring your ankles

As the clock struck midnight December 31, 2010, I entered the New Year with a few clear goals: I am ready for adventure. I am ready to stretch and grow and challenge myself this year

Whatever you do, you must always remember that a man will most likely go for a woman they are physically attracted to. And that applies for most men ma. So if you are looking for a meaningful relationship and you are doing nothing about how you look, what you wear, and what you eat, you better start doing that now, and I can say you will be glad you did

By Ayodele Davina Although valentine is past and we all loved it.  As usual, we   gave and received gifts while looking our best. However, dressing up for that mushy valentine dinner is not the only time we dress up. There is always, one dinner or party to go to. Which means, there is always that […]

If there is one myth most women have swallowed hook, line and sinker, it is the one about hair growth. Yes, every woman secretly thinks and believes [or merely wishes, as one likes to say!] that there is one cream, somewhere on this earth, or maybe a secret formula known to only a select few, which when used, will transform any challenged hair into 14inches of glorious Indian-weave-looking hair. Only in your dreams perhaps!