Obasanjo, Carter and Abacha Sports serves as a diplomatic tool to promote cooperation, understanding, and peace between nations. It can also be used to enhance a country’s image and foster better relationships amongst the peoples of the world. However, countries and their leaders oftentimes use it to fight injustices. And most often athletes and administrators […]

A man in Anambra State quarreled with his wife. As the argument progressed, he poured fuel over her and set her ablaze. She is now dead, leaving five children behind. The man claims she was committing adultery. Sadly, she is no longer here to defend herself. He had been married before and that union ended. He […]

The countries that are recognized today as developed in world affairs have all attributed their transformation to the role of advanced technology. On the other hand, 3rd world countries that have either remained stagnant or developing at minimal pace are those who are yet to take advantage of technology thus affirming that technology has become the […]

Brethren, let’s congratulate one another for the Grace to witness the last Sunday in January 2025. In a couple of days, it would be the end of January and 2025 would be 11 months to go. That’s stating the obvious but we shouldn’t take life for granted.   Some that shouted Happy New Year as you did […]

“Choose the best; shun mediocrity. Mediocrity has a way of shriveling enthusiasm. But commitment to excellence taps an incredible source of energy” – Robert Schuller, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 52. Your Excellency, I had the honour and privilege to deliver the Keynote Address at the 80th anniversary of Government College, Ughelli, GCU, on Friday, […]

Enyimba won the Nigerian Premier League more times than any other club (9 times) and is the only Club to have won the CAF Champions League trophy twice

A leader with an eye on posterity won’t have the appetite for the vanity of naming projects after himself. Because true immortality will be bestowed by history, not monuments that can be renamed. Tinubu needs to submit himself to some clear-eyed, sober reflection. This preoccupation with self-glorification and immortalisation is a telltale sign.  There is now a […]

I have been getting frantic calls and text messages from a sister of a close friend who claims, as usual, that she is short of money for her drugs. My friend had in the past, asked me to ignore the messages and even threatened that ‘pandering’ – my friend’s choice word for the situation – to the […]

The Nigerian Police Force has announced that from next Saturday, February 1, it will start the enforcement of the minimum Motor Insurance (Third Party) Act for vehicles nationwide. Consequently, I am revisiting motor insurance a few weeks after I did a similar article. I had to drop the article for today because the enforcement starts […]

Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District has triggered a bitter fight in the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta North Senatorial District with his long time political sparring partner and immediate predecessor in the Senate, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. Given the inclinations of the two men no one expects the clash to be a […]