Business mogul, Mrs Folorunso Alakija, has disowned posters and fliers being circulated in Ikorodu and other parts of Lagos State announcing her as a governorship aspirant ahead of 2015 polls. “This is not true and I hereby confirm that I have no such intention”, Alakija said in a statement, yesterday.

It is the mentality of some individuals who believe that imported goods are better even when such products are inferior compared to those manufactured locally. The campaign for patronage of made-in-Nigeria goods did not just come today. It is a project that has taken centre stage of various governments for over three decades, since MAN initiated the campaign. The most recent launches occurred in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2010. Each of the launching held out promises of economic emancipation and guzzled whopping sums of money but we are yet to feel the impact on the national economy.

Apart from direct dangers to the mental and physical well-being of individuals, the two dominant religions in Nigeria tend to engender hatred, division and enmity in families, villages, towns, states and the country as a whole.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, came under a fresh attack from the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-west, Chief Buruji Kashamu, who described him as a hypocrite.
Kashamu spoke in response to a letter purported written to the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, by Obasanjo alleging that the leadership of the party in the South-west is now in the hand of a drug baron.

The situation is already playing out itself in Adamawa State, where the governor, Murtala Nyako, has drawn a battle line with the Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, who happens to come from that agrarian state in the North-east. Although Nyako has made it abundantly clear that he is not running for any public office after next year, he has nonetheless taken up the gauntlet to challenge those who try to impugn him and his administration. He does not allow any careless statement or loose talk about him and his government to go unchallenged.

Jesus chose twelve disciples and all of them were men. What does this tell us about his attitude towards women? Does it mean he discriminates against them? Let me answer the question with a question. God chose only one nation; Israel. Does this mean he discriminates against other nations? Certainly not!

As the Super Eagles prepare to face the world at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the team’s former head coach, Christian Chukwu has advised the current manager, Stephen Keshi to ensure that his wards stay away from sex before and during the competition.

There was an anti-climax in the Glo-CAF Award which held at the Eko Hotel in Lagos on Thursday. Expectations were high that after 14 years, a Nigerian, John Obi Mikel was good for the 2013 African Footballer of the Year, especially after his exploits in the said year which helped propagate African football to the world.

Chairman, Technical Commission of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Dr. Daniel Igali has said that preparations toward the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland have already begun, giving indication that Nigeria would do well at the mini Olympic Games.

Following the successful inaugural draws of its customer reward scheme tagged ‘Let’s Go to Brazil’, MultiChoice Nigeria has unveiled the second set of winners. The mouth-watering prizes include all expense paid trip to Brazil and a DStv Explora decoder, among other prizes