Alampasu: I’ve learned my lesson
Nigeria are through to the semi-finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup after getting the better of Uruguay in a fine 2-0 victory in the last eight. Among their outstanding performers was goalkeeper Dele Alampasu, who has endeavoured to learn from past mistakes as he continues to make himself at home on the world stage.
National Confab imbroglo: Between Gov Oshiomhole and Col Nyiam
The South -south sitting of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference/Dialogue, held on Monday in Benin-City, Edo State, has come and gone but its ripples will probably continue reverberate long after the event. What will likely be remembered most was the unruly behaviour of one of the committee members whose action almost disrupted an exercise meant to seek the input of Nigerians in the search for a system that will be agreeable to everyone in a nation touted as the giant of Africa.
You deserve the insults of don’t give a damn government (1)
The PUNCH of Wednesday October 23, 2013 was for me particularly remarkable. Its reports – regular columns and opinions – summarized all Nigerians need to know about the government they overwhelmingly elected in 2011. Many long term readers of this column would recall my strident calls for Nigerians to massively reject the PDP, including Jonathan, at the polls. My reason was simple. Based on information at my command, some of which was published in my book, PDP: CORRUPTION INCORPORATED, Nigeria could never get out of the mess in which we are stuck as long as the PDP, as presently constituted, is in power at the centre. And, by power, I mean the legislature as well as the Presidency.
Why, like my father, I treat Igbo like my people — Princess Adenrele Ogunsanya
Princess Adenrele Adeniran Ogunsanya became a card carrying member of National Council of Nigeria and Cameroun, NCNC, when she was seven years old. Her iconic father, Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya, was a chieftain of the party, and she learnt at a very young age to be different, as most of her friends came from Action Group families. Still a consummate politician, she is the Secretary General of Lagos State Women’s Forum and former Secretary to Lagos State Government during Governor Babatunde Fashola’s first term , making her a very important figure in the inclusion of women in politics in the country at large
PHCN HANDOVER: How Jonathan averted shut-down of Power industry
BUT for the last-minute agreement between the Federal Government and the organised labour in the power industry over pending labour issues especially payment of terminal benefits to workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, the nation would have been in total darkness today.
Trouble in Delta Community: One dead, Commissioner stabbed, 12 houses destroyed
THE anxiety, in Uwheru community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday, October 23, when Sunday Vanguard visited, was palpable. Apart from some residents, who still went about their business with foreboding, many residents had fled the town.
