Nigeria’s Dream Team IV Coach, Samson Siasia, said the initial difficulties encountered by his team en route the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic games inspired the team to achieve success.

It took maturity on the part of the National Federation chairmen to avert what could have snowballed into a major crisis involving the national federations, the NOC and the Sports Ministry.

D’Tigers earned their first win at the 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament by creating the biggest upset to date in the competition with a 90-76 defeat of Croatia on Saturday night.

Samson Siasia, coach of Nigeria’s Dream Team IV, has predicted that an African country can in future win the senior World Cup, if they can overcome their present difficulties.

First it was falling oil prices that plagued Nigeria, then came inflation, power shortages, and a humanitarian crisis in the north.

A former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday, in Lagos, said the 2014 National Conference did not address Nigerians’ needs, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari administration needs to consider regionalizing the country into the current six geo-political zones for national and economic development.

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, also known as Mama Bakassi, is one-time Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters. She is also the political leader of the Bakassi people. In this interview, Ita-Giwa says the ceding of Bakassi in Cross River State to Cameroon is a permanent injury that requires permanent healing. Excerpts:

Northern Leaders Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has constituted a 16-member committee to organise a selection process for aspirants from the northern states vying for national offices in the party.

THE LAST COUPLE of weeks have witnessed the heaviest public criticism of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since he came to power after inflicting a heavy defeat on the Peoples Democratic Party and their candidate Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Much of it has been on account of the unresolved social and economic problems facing the country.

SENATOR Matthew Urhoghide is the Director General of the Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organization, In this interview, Urhoghide says Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the PDP candidate in the September 10 governorship poll in Edo State, has all it takes to win the election.