After a dominant 20 point win in the 1st leg on Thursday in Abidjan, the Nigerian Female national team sealed qualification for the 2015 Afrobasket for Women/All African Games later this year with an emphatic 88-43 points win over Cote d’ivoire in the 2nd round match at the Palais du Sport in Abidjan.

At the beginning of the speakership race, seven contenders emerged: Femi Gbajabiamila, APC, Lagos; Yakub Dogara, APC Bauchi; Pally Iriase, APC, Edo; Tahir Monguno, APC Borno; Ajibola Famurewa, APC, Osun; Abdulmunin Jibrin, APC, Kano and Comrade Peter Akpatason, APC, Edo.
But now, it is going to be a straight fight between Gbajabiamila and Dogara as other contenders have stepped down

Who will take over from David
Mark as Senate president? Is the All Progressives Congress (APC) ready for the challenge and will it have a smooth sail in its bid to install the new Senate president? Will the unity in the party be intact after a new Senate has emerged or will it come out with a battered image? Can the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that is going into the minority in the next Senate put up a surprise to clinch the Senate presidency? Will the APC observe federal character as enshrined in the Constitution in its choice for the Senate leadership. Will the ruling party allow democracy to prevail by allowing senators to produce their leaders without influence. These and more questions must be answered by the APC in the next two to three days.

Timi Alaibe cuts the picture of a young, cute Nigerian.
But beneath that veneer is a very strong character steeped in intelligence, foresight and an uncommon determination to ensure that Nigeria is made great using the vast resources of the Niger Delta, his geopolitical zone, as a catalyst.
This was what then President Olusegun Obasanjo and late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua saw before appointing him Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC; and later, as Honourary Special Adviser to Yar’Adua on Niger Delta Affairs. It was Timi Alaibe’s well-grounded understanding of the region, it’s nuances and all that recommended him to Yar’Adua. And the story of Amnesty cannot be told without the pivotal role he played, working with some leaders of the region, which eventually led to the disarmament of the Niger Delta militants.
Last week, Alaibe pricked the conscience of the Nigerian state in a paper titled “PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI CHANGE AGENDA AND THE NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE FOR DEVELOPMENT”.

“The president was voted in based on the mantra of change and it will be worth the while of e ery segment of the nation to experience the change and this can be made manifest by appointing qualified Christians to positions where they can make valuable contributions to the nation,” he appealed.

But if Mr. President, a devout Muslim, recognises the sect as “a mindless, godless group who are as far away from Islam as one can think of,” why would he criticize the fight against the group as an injustice against the North, a terrain dominated by adherents of Islam? Could he have been referring to a variant of the group, perhaps a political clone as opposed to the original religious one he refers to in his speech?

Even the journey home has contributed its share in the overall tiredness of the work day. What with all the anxiety over the slow-moving traffic. Once home you probably go straight to the kitchen for a snack or collapse into a chair for some television viewing. You are just too tired. Now, just as there is the need to start off the day with energy-releasing exercises so there is the need to wind down after work.

The United Kingdom education landscape is one that is populated by many foreign students from all over the world, including Nigeria. In the past fifteen years, the number of Nigerians offered admissions to study in the UK rose far more than it used to be. This increase has resulted in annual ‘migration’ of Nigerian students to UK universities to pursue different courses, both at the undergraduate and post graduate levels. The most accessed by Nigerians of the UK education system is at the post graduate level.

On Tuesday, June 9, newly elected members of the National Assembly will take oath of office to herald the 8th Assembly. This event calls for sober reflection. I dedicate this great victory to the House of Representatives, to the great people of Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency whose hard work, moral support and dedication in this huge success we have achieved.

The second and third chapters deal with sleep and complacency. Sleep is good but some people have turned it to a hobby and any little break is an opportunity for them to sleep which shows idleness or laziness. Complacency is a state of self satisfaction but there is an urgent need for us to stir our hearts to do more than we are doing presently.