The former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), laments that 51 years after independence, Nigeria is yet to be a nation, citing sectional and selfish interest as major drawback. Akinjide,, in this no-holds-bared interview blames the northern leaders on the Boko Haram insurgency, among other issues.

Having been around sports administration since the pre independence to the post-independence eras, former Nigeria Cycling Federation President Rev. Moses Iloh has seen Nigerian sports come full circle.

Some years before independence, only few Nigerians had taken the international sports field by storm.. The likes of Emmanuel lfejuna who won a gold medal in high jump during the Commonwealth Games in 1954, Hogan Kid Bassey who became the world featherweight boxing champion in 1957 and Dick Tiger who won the middleweight crown and later the world light heavyweight crown, readily come to mind.

In days of old, the business of making women beautiful was considered an exclusive female preserve in the belief that only a woman knows how best to make another woman look good. Hence, things like fashion designing, hair dressing and making, manicure and pedicure and other related tasks were seen as no-go-areas for males.

Niger state governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has called on Nigerians, especially politicians not to see politics as an opportunity to amass illegal wealth but as an opportunity to serve the country diligently.