For the layman, FIFA means Federation of International Football Associations. It was formed 122 years ago on May 21, 1904 in Rue Saint-Honore in Paris, France. Incidentally, its first president was a French man named Robert Guérin who served for two years, 1904-1906. After him came Daniel Burley Woolfall (England): 1906–1918, Jules Rimet (France): 1921–1954, […]

Thanks be to God for life.    You are a testifier.  That we are alive to witness the first half of the sixth month is indeed a testimony. Beloved, the greatest testimony is that of life and the salvation of our souls. Sleeping and waking up, isn’t by our power.  It is God that gives […]

“I thought of Napoleon, 1769-1821, who said the word “impossible” does not exist or should not exist” – German philosopher. After the nomination of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate of a faction of the moribund Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on May 30, 2026, in Abuja, I am beginning to believe that nothing is […]

At last, members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives have passed the bill for state police in the country. The proposed new policing system which is aimed at addressing rising insecurity across the country saw 289 out of the 290 members in attendance voting in favour of state police while only one member abstained. But because […]

By evening, the winged termites would arrive in dense swarms around every bulb in the compound, and the entire place would change character. Children would drift out