It takes a strong heart to ride a bicycle at this age, especially on a regular basis. It takes a strong heart to be disciplined. Looking at where I am now, I have done everything I wanted to do as a young man and now that I am getting older, I need to remain fit. I have touched a lot of lives coaching football and I have to keep my own life going now. I also swim. I have been biking for a very long time and it has been very beneficial. It is good for the heart. If I stay without riding a bicycle for a week. I will almost die. So I must do it, at least, thrice in a week. I also go to the gym.

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun has debunked the PDP-sponsored rumour that Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is planning a massive retrenchment of senior civil servants on grade level 12 and above, including other workers above the age of 50 from the state’s employment after the general elections.

AN Ijaw leader in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, Chief Godspower Gbenekame, has appealed to youths of Ogulagha-Ijaw in Burutu Local Government Area of the state, who are dissatisfied with the ceasefire brokered by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan between Ijaw and Itsekiri in respect of the March 26 groundbreaking of the $16 billion Export Processing Zone, EPZ, Ogidigben, to keep their gunpowder dry.

One could look at it from several perspectives. Was it out of frustration? Was it to prove to the unsuspecting public that for some time he had been fraternizing with the opposition party and it is time now to come to the open by way of tearing his membership card. Because whichever way you look at it, it was messy for him and no justification whatever for him to tear the membership card of a party on whose platform that he had served the country for two tenures.

Jubilation greeted the long-awaited launch of an Igbo channel on Africa Magic during the week which is designed to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Igbo nation. The 24-hour general entertainment channel follows the success of the Africa Magic Hausa and Yoruba channels and will go on air from April 2. The launch of AfricaMagic Igbo which will be available on DStv channel 159 could not have come at a better time. M-Net, owners of the AfricaMagic channels that avail Africans with platforms to tell their stories from their perspective, is following a tradition of excellence that has long trailed its operations.

What would make a sitting governor in Nigeria finish playing a tennis match and immediately mount the umpire seat to officiate the next match? Only passion can drive that. And it’s what Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, the governor of Delta State showed on Monday in Asaba during the opening ceremony of the First Clergymen Tennis Tournament. Uduaghan has always been a sports man with bias for tennis, a game that he plays. Wherever he goes he arms himself with his racket. He plays squash, kicks football but his favourite is tennis.

By Ugoji Egbujo When two elephants fight, the grass , they say , suffers. And many ordinary Nigerians , downtrodden and dispossessed, may thus be rightly apprehensive of not just the menace posed by the attitude of the elephants we have in the PDP and the APC but by the enormity of the storm that […]

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has said that the upstream sector has recorded a renewed impetus in cost management, compressed contracting cycles and a reinvigorated pursuit of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Mrs. Alison-Madueke stated this while delivering her keynote address at the 2015 Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition with the title “State of Industry: Achievements and future Direction” at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.

HOW much do you know about Sexually Transmitted Infections, STIs? Some STIs such as Herpes, Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and Syphilis are curable, and treatable, but others—like HIV/AIDS—can stay for life and can have serious health consequences if they aren’t treated. An STI is an embarrassing, painful and sometimes deadly casualty of sexual intercourse. Armed with the right information, they’re often preventable. But, you need to mind your ABCs. Several people who get STIs don’t know their ABCs it because the symptoms aren’t obvious. That’s why it’s so important to get all the information you can about the STIs, from A-Z.

At least 1 in 3 people has Type 2 diabetes and don’t even know it. Could that be you? In many cases, type 2 diabetes is not discovered until it takes a noticeable toll on health. Learn to spot the subtle early symptoms. You should learn the early subtle symptoms.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Joseph T. Dawha has flagged off the Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, 2015 edition. Dr. Dawha while flagging off the Conference at the International Conference Centre in Abuja said the NOG is now a flagship event for the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

The Maku Campaign Organisation in Nasarawa State, has challenged the APC and Governor Al-Makura to come out clean on the report that they imported some American ICT experts to manipulate the outcome of the forthcoming presidential and governorship elections in Nasarawa State.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said plans are underway to reposition the Country to become the regional hub of gas and largest fertilizer exporter in Africa by 2017. The Group Executive Director, Gas and Power of the (NNPC) Dr. David Ige stated this during an interview in Abuja.

When Charity Anyanwu dropped off her niece Munachiso Anyanwu, at the Lagos toll-gate to board a vehicle to the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, little did she know that it would be the last time they would set eyes on her. Surprisingly, few hours after they waved goodbye, all efforts to ascertain whether Muna, as she was popularly called, reached her destination safely failed as nothing has been heard about her since then.

Ahead of the March 28 presidential elections, Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba has reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria Police Force to prepare a safe and secured ground for hitch-free polls in March 28th and April 11th 2015 general elections.