The last time I checked on the official website of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games holding in Rio de Janeiro, what I first saw was the Omega time piece tickling away, counting days to the most glamorous sporting event in the world.

Once Buhari was declared the winner of the presidential election in 2015, everybody’s thought turned to the persons who would be appointed ministers and the portfolio they would be given. In every forum in which the discussions took place, and despite the long delay in announcing his appointees, I declared that one name would be on the list and the portfolio he would be saddled with. The man is Lai Mohammed – the Minister of Information and Culture. Let me quickly add that I also felt it would be a mistake to offer him that portfolio. The reasons were very simple and let me set them out now.

WIFE of Lagos State governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has identified prayer as the key to solving the sundry challenges confronting the nation.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deepened as the Adamawa State Chapter of the party, yesterday, endorsed a former governor of the defunct Gongola State, Ambassador Wilberforce B. Juta, as its candidate for the position of the National Chairman of the party.

The leadership of St. John’s Anglican Church, Agbarho in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was thrown into confusion when the church vicar, scheduled to lead a team of ministers at a funeral service, suddenly died after he was rushed to hospital.

I see a future for Africa, led by Nigeria, using the resources of the people to build a future that includes the people.

It is not a vision or an idea. It has gone beyond that. It is a journey, one that started a while ago when the Pension Reform Act was signed into Law.

Teenage striker Kelechi Iheanacho gave Manchester City fans an exciting glimpse into the future by scoring his first hat-trick as Manuel Pellegrini’s men cruised into the FA Cup fifth round and kept their hopes alive of an unprecedented Quadruple.

Senator Andy Emmanuel Uba, representing Anambra South Senatorial District, has urged members of the public, particularly the people of Anambra State, to disregard the insinuation that the verdict of the Supreme Court in the case of Ejike Oguebego and other versus People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other, affected his seat in the National Assembly.

The inauguration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as Kogi State governor without a deputy continues to raise dust.

Can you ever really trust a man who is so duplicitous he will spend years sleeping with one of your friends right under your nose? Tessy, married for close to 30 years was flicking through a pile of photographs she came across in her drawer when she looked closely at a particular one. It was of her, her husband Tunde, and Joko, a family friend who’d been in their circle of friends for decades. According to her, the photograph depicted a happily married couple enjoying a birthday party with friends. “But my husband has his arm placed protectively around the back of Joke’s chair with his hand inches from her cleavage as she beams into the camera. I am the wife whose head can just be seen poking out behind my husband, as if I’d crashed the photograph!” she said