The story is about how President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to manage the embarrassment that the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is creating as a result of the double lists of candidates for the April general elections. It is also about the resolve of Governor Gbenga Daniel who is pitted against former President

Mrs C, I learnt you’re returning home tomorrow,” I told this lady who had come with her family to spend the Christmas holiday here. It was their first time in the country and they had been invited here by a business acquaintance of her husband. “Have you all enjoyed your vacation here? Will you be visiting us again in future?”

For Muhammadu Buhari, this may be the last opportunity for him. Reason: In 2003 and 2007, he sought to become Nigeria’s civilian President but lost under circumstances that he still insists were not normal.

Former Super Eagles coach Chief Adegboye Onigbinde and former Super Eagles assistant coach Joe Erico believe it is too early to assess the Samson Siasia-tutored team, following their slim 2-1 win over Sierra Leone last Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun stadium.

This is a report of President Goodluck Jonathan’s launch of his zonal presidential campaign launch. Going round the entire six zones of the country in just one week presented its own challenges. However, apart from the seeming mis-speak in Ibadan where the word rascal generated its own controversy, President Jonathan appears to be on the march.

Hateful or hurtful words cut me to the quick so I try not to cause people pain by saying things that could cause pain. Witnessing the scene between husband and wife was every upsetting to a few of us who were present because they seemed determined to tear each other apart by saying really horrible things that to be honest I’d rather not have heard.

An old school friend of my father’s, a judge, never accepted private invitations to parties, or government cocktails, so as not to be corrupted or seen to be compromised by his public associations and gestures. Judges lived intensely private lives, isolated by the burdens of their responsibility. They had moral authority.

Praise is one of the most powerful spiritual weapons, yet, many don’t know this. Those who know it have not really experienced it. It’s not just praise that works; it is high praises that work. It is ‘praise madness’ that results in strange greatness!

The English know a rascal as a scoundrel. Nothing more. And you could think of him in any other way you know, not complimentary.

The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel took a dramatic turn when Obasanjo, reportedly, rejected the ‘compromise list’ of candidates for the party in the state for the April polls.

As the All African Games and the Olympics holding next year in London draw near, the sight of Nigerians is focused at the state of other sports in the country.

We have discussed several reasons why a typical Nigerian politician plays politics with bitterness. Another factor to be considered is the way politicians treat one another, the kind of language they employ in addressing their rivals and opponents.

I know there was an announcement that all the Singles in the Church should wait after service, how come you didn’t wait?

“Because the Singles fellowship in my Church have no understanding of what Singles really need. Moreover, if I had gone for the meeting, it will be full of children than my mates. Challenges I am confronted with are not addressed, and I am tired of wasting my time. I would rather go for a show or watch a movie with my friends”.

Having watched Super Eagles friendly match against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone last Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Brigadier-General Emmanuel Okaro (rtd) says he was not happy as Lagos fans booed the team despite the fact that the Eagles were winning.

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