The multi-million naira mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was, yesterday, gutted by fire with one person sustaining injury in an effort to put out fire.

Being a paper presented by Haroon Balogun on the occasion of Retreat organised by NASFAT Igbogbo Branch held at Mainland Hotel, Ebutte Meta, Lagos on December 22, 2012.

IT is customary for columists to be especially reflective about the past, present and future at this significant annual turning point when old years are about to give way to new years. And I thought that it would be interesting to look back at some of the observations I made at the tail ends of 2010 and 2011…with a view to discovering whether anything has changed for the better or worse.

‘’We have come to transform and build a great Party, not to play politics,” so the newly elected national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Alhaji Bamanga Tukur said as he took over the reins of the party last March.

Nigeria have hit out at Newcastle United for not allowing Shola Ameobi to play at next month’s African Nations Cup while also suggesting they may back down if the row causes the striker to fall out with his club

NIGERIANS amaze President Goodluck Jonathan. They quickly accuse his administration of not delivering on his election promises. Where this does not stick, they alleged he is slow, so slow in addressing the country’s challenges.

Plans for a merger and robust check on the activities of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were the central issues in the agenda of the major opposition political parties in the year 2012.

The General Manager of Lagos Airport Hotel, Kayode Adenigba, is a seasoned administrator and hotelier. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on the country’s hospitality industry as well as the gains and the challenges of hospitality industry. Here is an excerpt.

ONE of the most telling health hazards among Nigerians in 2012 was chronic high blood. In several cases, it led to heart disease and death. Many may not know it, but this condition can be tackled naturally without drug interventions.

An Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has accused Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Muhammad Abubakar, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah of keeping quiet in the face of the killing of Muslims in Kaduna State.