Fashola on Buhari: Age is More Than Just a Number

Fashola on Buhari: Age is More Than Just a Number

The most amazing thing happened Thursday. Amazing, because in a rare Freudian slip, the Governor of Lagos state, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola revealed what he really thought about old people in governance. Splashed on the Front Page of The Tribune on Thursday the 15th of January, 2015 was the headline ‘Agbaje too Old to Rule Lagos’.
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Before your state governor runs away (1)

Before your state governor runs away (1)

Blessed are politicians when out of power. They reveal all the things which those in power labor to hide from us. Since December 2013, I had warned My Fellow Nigerians, about the inevitable collapse of crude oil prices and its consequences. Obviously, nobody listened. In May 2014, out of sheer frustration, associated with talking to the deaf, I wrote a column titled SO YOU WANT TO BE GOVERNOR IN 2015.

Re: ‘Millions in the South may not vote’

Re: ‘Millions in the South may not vote’

I write on behalf of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, to complain about the misinformation contained in the cover page story of Sunday Vanguard for January 4, 2015, titled as stated above.

Eagles too strong for Yemen

Eagles too strong for Yemen

Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles yesterday proved too strong for Yemen in the international friendly match played at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai.

Being Enough

Being Enough

A scene in an American television series caught my attention a few weeks ago. A couple of years ago I had taken a fancy to the series “Soul Food” and I had religiously watched on television every Sunday at 6pm till it was abruptly yanked off the air. When I had come across the DVD boxed set of the entire series I had bought with glee.

Rivers PDP, APC trade words over use of stadium

Rivers PDP, APC trade words over use of stadium

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, exchanged words, Friday night, at the Police Officers Mess, Port Harcourt, Rivers State over the allegation by the PDP that Governor Chibuike Amaechi had refused to approve their application to use the Adokiye Ameisemaka Stadium for its presidential rally on January 28.

Enyeama laments as AFCON rolls off

Enyeama laments as AFCON rolls off

Super Eagles keeper, Vincent Enyeama has repeated his regrets over Super Eagles failed attempt to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, which rolled off yesterday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea with the hosts playing out a 1-1 draw with Congo Brazaville.

2 siblings drown in Enugu

2 siblings drown in Enugu

Residents of New G.R.A,Trans-Ekulu,Enugu were thrown into mourning following the drowning of two siblings, Emeka Nwafor and Nmesoma Nwafor, aged seven and four respectively.

10 injured as fire guts petrol station in Onitsha

10 injured as fire guts petrol station in Onitsha

No fewer than 10 persons have been placed on danger list in hospitals in Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State near Onitsha following Friday evening fire that gutted a petrol filling station at Nkpor Junction.