As we celebrate the International Women’s Day tomorrow, two incidents in the last two weeks gave me a wake-up call. First, I met a female politician who was denied her party’s ticket to the state House of Assembly because a veteran Politician, who is an octogenarian and a lead actor in the second republic, does not deem a woman fit to represent the constituency. According to the lady, the baba told her in clear terms that a woman cannot represent his constituency and that included his daughters.

The band led by Tunde Kuboye, and his wife, Fran Kuboye, who died in 1997, was the dawn of the new era. It was a marketplace of ideas, where talented musicians fused classical Afro rhythm with jazz to form Afro jazz. Kuboye, together with his 15 man versatile ensemble were the talk of the town then.

Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has said he hopes for a convincing win over hosts Senegal in tomorrow’s opening match at the 2015 AYC in Dakar.

He was only 21 years old when he graduated with a second class upper grade. Upon completion of his National Youth Service, he got a job at age 23 and worked in an accounting firm and later moved to an oil company and by the age of 27 he was already married while still developing himself before launching his own brand, Rainoil, at the age of 30 after quitting his lucrative job. One thing has helped Gabriel tremendously, and that is his mathematical skills.

The Savoy Records star artiste made this declaration recently in Cotonou, the capital of Republic Du Benin during a ceremony where she was presented with two trophies for Best Female Artiste West Africa and Best African Contemporary awarded at the 2014 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, which held on Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria.