Bayelsa State proved that they are undisputed champions in wrestling in Nigeria as they emerged champions in the just concluded Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Wrestling Championship which ended yesterday in Yenagoa.

The state’s female wrestlers finished tops in the freestyle category but placed second behind Delta State in the Greco Roman wrestling and won a total of 13 gold, four silver and seven bronze medals to emerge the overall champions.

In the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent London visit, where he presided over the Honorary International Investors’ Council meeting, Nigerians have the right to ask what benefits his foreign trips have brought to the country (and by extension her citizens).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in a crisis of confidence. In the last six months it had bungled two very important elections so badly that public confidence in its capability and even capacity to conduct a truly free and fair election over again has plummeted.

I commend Gov. Orji for the projects he embarked on. Looking at the International Conference Centre, the new state Secretariat, the High Court Complex, the new Government House, the housing estates, the dialysis centre and huge investments in the health sector, does it not occur to you that his predecessors did not get their priorities right?

My attention was drawn to page 25 of Sunday Vanguard of December 8, 2013 where one Sunday Oibe attempted to assume Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor’s spokesman. But his effort was a very good example of a bad attempt at responding to the interview which Primate Elijah Ayodele granted Sunday Vanguard on November 24, 2013.

It is often surprising how Nigerians are easily taken in by spurious allegations. The reaction of many Nigerians to the allegation by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) kept away $49.8 billion of oil proceeds between January 2012 and this year underscores the gullibility of the Nigerian public. By Sanusi’s allegation, the NNPC paid only 24 per cent of oil proceeds into the Federation Account, and diverted or stole the remaining 76 per cent.

As discerning Nigerians who found the so-called “before it is too late” letter from Chief Olusegun Obasanjoto President Goodluck E. Jonathan, GCFR, ill-conceived, we decided to deconstruct the content to see if it meets the minimum demands of altruistic advice, given the writer’s pedigree as a former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an elder statesman. In doing this we were not unaware of the several public commentaries and reactions from a cross section of Nigerians, some of which posit that Nigerians should ignore the messenger and take the lessons from the message giving the critical weight of the issues raised. Much as this position may appear germane, it needs to be understood that whereas it is possible to separate the messenger from the message, it is nevertheless impossible to comprehend the meaning of a message without reference to the motive or intention of the messenger.

In what appears as an indirect response by President Goodluck Jonathan to the letter written him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a pro-Jonathan politician, Senator Ameh Ebute, yesterday, blasted Obasanjo for daring to castigate Jonathan for the nation’s woes.

The state on Thursday night increased their medals haul when they won four gold , one silver and three bronze medals in the women ‘s wrestling bringing it to a total of seven gold, two silver and six bronze to top the overall medals table in the week long Governor Henry Dickson Seriake Wrestling Championship which ends today in Yanegoa.

The rate of consumption of marijuana, aka Indian hemp, and alcoholic drinks by youths in Lafia metropolis and some parts of Nasarawa State is alarming. Every one wonders whether officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) saddled with the responsibility of curbing the scourge are actually on ground.

Following the nagging issues in the polity, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, a former governor of Lagos State, also known as LKJ, bares his mind on the demise of Madiba, corruption, the education sector and leadership.
For Jakande, whose emergence as an upright leader was the product of his service delivery and the simple life he led in a country where vanity was beginning to creep in and where folly had taken the place of virtuous living, it is indeed fitting that he should speak truth to power on the issue of corruption.
In fact, Jakande pooh-poohed the situation where leaders pay lip service to the developmental needs of the people. He gave examples of how his administration in Lagos State was able to turn the tide.

Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has called on political office holders to desist from the practice of amassing wealth for their children.

Nigeria’s military has surrounded a village in the northeast to flush out Islamist rebels who fled there after reportedly snatching soldiers’ wives and children during a daring attack on an army barracks nearby, witnesses told AFP Saturday.

Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi said on Saturday that it would not be easy spending the Christmas in camp in preparation for the Championship of African Nations (CHAN).