Lamido’s laudable landmarks
The governor has made remarkable impact on the people, the state and the 27 local government councils of the state in all sectors of the state.
In the opinion of some, the greatest achievement of the Lamido administration may be the construction of brand new office complexes for the three arms of offices for the executive, judiciary and the legislative arms of government.
Club Football: Path to recovering crashed expectations
In times past, the typical Nigerian boy knew the names of all the leading clubs in the country and remarkably chose aliases that are the real names of their favorite club player. It was not uncommon to find lads at schools’ playgrounds in Ibadan bearing the name ‘Muda Lawal’ and others playing street soccer in Artisan Quarters, Enugu wearing jerseys with names, Nwobodo, Nwabueze Nwankwo while yet along Rayfield area in Jos, Inuwa Rigogo was a popular name. Those remain the nostalgic ages of Nigerian football which held dreams of a greater future for those kids who today are adults but with kids whose allegiance now lie with European clubs.
Stop diabetes before it stops you
JOHN was diagnosed diabetic at 40, but instead of focusing on the disease, he ignored it. After all, he didn’t feel sick. But gradually, his health was failing.
Lagos Guber: The edge Ambode has over Agbaje
It is not in doubt that like the Presidential race between Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, which promises to be an epic battle, one of the governorship races that will equally be keenly contested is the race for the Alausa RoundHouse by Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Nigeria’s Farida Bedwei is celebrity guest on African Voices
Glo-sponsored CNN African Voices will this weekend feature Farida Bedwei, a software engineer who, despite her Cerebral Palsy disease, rose to become one of the most successful technologists in Africa.
Polls: Peace C’ttee expresses concern over PVCs, exodus of Nigerians
On the 14th of January, 2015, exactly one month ahead of the elections, the two leading political contenders for the Presidency, President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR and General Mohammed Buhari, GCFR at a public forum organised by the Office of the Special Assistant for Interparty Affairs, Senator Ben Obi and chaired by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, and along with the leaders of nine other Political Parties took an unprecedented step when they appended their signatures to a Peace Accord titled, The Abuja Accord on the prevention of Violence and acceptance of election results by the Presidential Candidates and Chairpersons of the Political Parties contesting the 2015 General elections.
