“Three days later, a big boa snake came into my house. I picked my gun and shot at it, it disappeared and re-appeared at my back. I turned again and aimed at it but it disappeared again. I thought it had gone; I went inside and dropped my gun.

“I want to state here that in and out of office, Sullivan Chime remains my leader. I used to hear that people are ‘Ekwueme’, (one who lives by his words), but I actually saw it in Governor Chime.”—Ugwuanyi

Eight years ago, Jimi Agbaje ran a very impressive campaign when he first came into public consciousness and was contesting for the gubernatorial job in Lagos State. His jingles were catchy and his message resonated. He even had one jingle where he came dancing acrobatically to a melodious tune. It was full of verve. It was full of energy. Fashola in comparison led a dull, dour almost uninspiring campaign. At least, that was what it seemed like to me and I told my late friend who was handling his campaign ads that his man did not come across as a confident candidate.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

The word ‘Udom’ in the Ibibio and Efik dialect carries so much positives, the most dominant and significant being “right” Last month and for two days I had to do a tour of the state to supervise the Zonal finals of the 14th AKS/NNPC/MPN Schools athletics Championships. Spread over eight sports zones of the state, I have always found myself as the consultant of the programme, battling to touch base with all the venues.

LAGOS—FORMER Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has called on the leadership of the party to revisit the just conducted governorship primaries held across the country by setting up a committee to look into other methodologies to handle the rancour-ridden primaries.

The Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola would today lead Nigerians in the great road procession tagged “Nigerians Walk for Change.”

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa-Ibom State has encouraged the people of Ikono and Itu Local Government Areas to rally round the Peoples Democratic Party-PDP governorship candidate, Udom Emmanuel for investments to be attracted to the state.

Angered by reports of attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train in the Northern part of the country, a prominent traditional ruler in Bayelsa State has warned the perpetrators to refrain from such act.

Without ever knowing or meeting me, Buhari gave me a chance. As I now write, I have never met him one-on-one. We have never spoken to each other. It is an extraordinary experience of an unusual man.

He is so passionate about tomorrow. And so, looking back, he discovered that not a healthy and solid foundation had been laid for a strong future. To him, the return of democracy in 1999 was supposed to be a catalyst for this greatness. But Nigeria failed to plan and work towards greatness. This is the view of Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who was also former President of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in an interview he granted journalists in Edo