AHEAD of the inauguration of the 8th Senate and as fight for the senate presidency heightens, strong indications emerged yesterday that governors- elect and senators- elect from the north will meet today in Kaduna to forge a common purpose for who becomes the next number three from the north.

Your election as Nigeria’s President on March 28, 2015 was both welcoming and re-assuring. We, the ex-Nigerian sportsmen, had hoped for a long awaited change not only in the management of sports but also in the management of the country’s affairs. We dreamed of it, longed for it, and during the campaigns we began to think that at last our dreams would come true. In spite of the initial postponement from February 14 to March 28, the elections came and it became a major victory for change.

Emotion ran high as expected on Friday, April 24. And everyone who thronged the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, venue of the “2Kings” concert featuring scions of Afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti readily went home with the feeling that the legend lives on. The Kuti brothers literally brought back the evergreen memories of the late Afrobeat king on stage.

I was never married but I was involved in a marriage process which got truncated along the line. Marriage begins with paying the woman’s dowry, traditional and white wedding. All these did not take place. My family didn’t support marrying a man who kept one woman in one place and plans keeping another one in another place. I attend Catholic church and the marriage process in Catholic, begins with the intended couples tendering a marriage certificate issued by a court to the church. This was the main reason we were in court in the first place.

Tennis is not a known sport like foot\ball and athletics in Nigeria. Footballers are highly regarded in this country. I heard that in the past tennis players were the pride of the nation but when you look at the situation now, you will realize that things have certainly gone bad. As the number one female player in the country, nobody notices me when I walk on the streets of Lagos.

Three of Pacquiao’s strengths are feints, angles and head movement. He has to use them all, and he has to change them up. Mayweather will get him timed eventually. But if Pacquiao makes adjustments himself against the adjustment king, he can change his own angles and feints as Mayweather starts to recognize them. The longer Pacquiao keeps the favored fighter guessing, and reacting to his impetus, the better chance he has.

Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. has been among the most prominent faces of boxing for the last decade. His entire life essentially has consisted of the sport: Floyd Mayweather Sr. (his father) went toe-to-toe with Sugar Ray Leonard and Roger Mayweather (his uncle) is a former world champion. The 38-year-old 11-time world champion spends a majority of the fight dancing behind his left shoulder, which protects his chin; he’s the matador of boxing, the one who seemingly cannot be hit — his defensive prowess has been instrumental in leaving his unblemished record intact.

Returnee Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has insisted that nobody can choose his assistant coaches, maintaining that only him will make that choice at the appropriate time.

‘’THE 28 March 2015 elections mark an important step forward for democracy in Africa’s most populous country and a key member of the Commonwealth. Notwithstanding the organisational and technical deficiencies, the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections were generally peaceful and transparent.’’

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Taraba state Aisha Jumai Alhassan would have made history in the last gubernatorial election in the state as the first woman to scale the hurdles of electioneering campaign and break the jinx that has befuddled Nigerian women over the years from emerging successful at the polls as governors.

SENATORS from North East, yesterday, dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of Senator Ahmad Lawan, APC, Yobe North, as their candidate for the position of Senate President in the 8th Senate, vowing that they will frustrate any attempt by any zone to foist a candidate on them.

I was part of the team that founded The News Magazine and Tell which were the two existing weekly magazines as at then. l also worked with Newswatch. But I had a dream to be my own boss some day. So one day, I called a few of my colleagues and told them that it was time l moved on. But l was careful enough to discuss my fears with them and that I may return if things doesn’t work as planned. Through their support and prayers in November 1996, ‘City People Magazine” was born.

By Omuyiwa Adetiba Let me start by relating experiences I have had in the past ten years or so as examples of the values we now see as the norm and try to connect the dots. A young girl had just finished her JAMB but didn’t fancy her chances of getting a good grade so […]

Lagos State House of Assembly is unarguably one of the the best state legislative houses in the country.

Tragedy struck in two separate incidents in Lagos, yesterday, when a three-month-old infant, Abiodun Alabi was roasted to death while 57-year-old Mr. Edwin Nwosu also suffered burnt.