Following the alleged plan to remove the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, by the House of Representatives through the amendment of the EFCC Act, 2004, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday said that the House would seek the opinion of Nigerians before passing the bill into law.

If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has his way, the nation would jettison the states, local governments and ministries which, according to him, are not viable.

The cry was vociferous in the land. The Super Eagles had just crashed out of the first World Cup on African soil tagged South Africa 2010 World Cup. With two losses and a draw, Nigerians were angry that the Eagles they expected to put up a respectable performances have again failed them, making the dream to equal Cameroon and Senegal’s quarter-final feat a mirage.

With its shambolic approach to carrying out its functions, the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, is in danger _ and a grave one at that – of allowing crooks to walk free.

In fact – and as publicly declared by the CCB Chairman, Mr. Sam Saba – some former state governors who had co-operated with the CCB, who have restituted, are being allowed to live their lives in peace. Indeed they are.

The second edition of the ECOWAS cycling tour will flag off in Lagos on December 5, 2011 and end in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire on December 11.

Nigeria’s weightlifting team may be heading for a woeful outing at the London 2012 Olympics if the fears raised by the president of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, Mr Chimdi Ejiogu is anything to go by.

Yet to convince Nigerians of his sincerity on how the funds generated from the removal of the subsidy on petrol would be deployed, President Goodluck Jonathan is being buffeted by a confetti of opposition.

My piece the other week attracted much attention, but sadly, more from older citizens than the young who were being called upon to get sound education and unite to come improve their state of origin.

One of Nigeria’s medal hopeful at the forthcoming World Weightlifting Championship billed for Paris, France, Felix Ekpo has declared his readiness to haul medals.

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was the former governor of Gongola State. That was his immediate political office after serving as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority for several years.
During the Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme in 1998, Alhaji Tukur became one of the founding fathers of the PDP and served as a minister.
But as it is with almost all things PDP and its former national leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, the centre no longer held and, therefore, Tukur quit that government.