My secondary education cost only N72 – Ayo Adebanjo
Seventy-two naira or its equivalent. That was all it cost, in those days, to give Chief Ayo Adebanjo, now a lawyer and politician, secondary education. And the education was not acquired in an unknown village school. It was at the famous CMS Grammar School, Lagos. Chief Adebanjo who will turn 83 on April 10 spoke on his childhood and political life with Bashir Adefaka.
My senate ambition- Ngige
With governorship election in Anambra not done until 2014, former governor of the state, Dr. Chris Ngige has opted to go to the Senate. He wants to represent Anambra Central on the platform of the ACN. he spoke to John Bulus on his aspiration.
Nigeria to eradicate polio after success in Guinea worm- Minister
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, says the success of eliminating Guinea worm disease will inspire Nigeria to fight polio and cholera to a halt.
S-South must vote Jonathan- Owie
FORMER Chief whip of the senate, Senator Rowland Owie, warned, yesterday, against any move to split the votes of the people of South South, and stressed the need for the region to vote in bloc for President Goodluck Jonathan with a view to realising the dreams of the people of the region.
Akala, Ladoja trade blames
Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State yesterday dared his predecessor, Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja to go ahead with the threat to publish details of the revenue received by the state government over the last three and a half years.
Ngerem challenges NSC, NPL to throw league sponsorship bid open
Former President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN Mr. Dan Ngerem has challenged the National Sports Commission, NSC and the Nigeria Premier League, NPL Board to throw open the bid process for the sponsorship of the Premier League.
CAF election: Maigari banks on God for Galadima’s success
As Nigerians await the fate of Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima in clinching the CAF Executive Committee seat vacated by his compatriot, Dr Amos Adamu at this year’s CAF congress holding in Khartoum Sudan, NFA President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari has stated that the Association and Sports Ministry are putting all the machinery in place to ensure a positive outcome at the election.
Laloko urges Nigerians to give Siasia a chance
Former Gambian national team coach Kashimawo Laloko has called on Nigerians to give Super Eagles head coach, Samson Siasia a chance to carry out his job without interference.
Discard the “old order” for new players, Gombe tells Siasia
As the Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia continues the process of building a new national team with young players, former Gombe United Football Club chairman Alhaji Shuaibu Ahmed Gara Gombe has advised the Eagles coach to weed off the old ‘brigades’ in the squad.
A jewel in Siasia’s emerging Eagles
Wednesday February 9 presented Lagos soccer fans with a rare opportunity of watching the Super Eagles live at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The setting was near perfect as the rowdy Lagos crowd swelled by the second even as ticket racketeers took the centre stage.
We’re not after Gbemi Saraki – Kwara PDP
The PDP in Kwara State says it has nothing to do with the allegation by Senator Gbemisola Saraki, the gubernatorial candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), that members of PDP plan to circulate posters containing a nude picture of her.
