President Goodluck Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after Nigeria crashed and burned at the World Cup due in large part to the incompetence of one Lars Lagerback and a small helping hand from Sani Kaita, Jonathan imposed a two-year international ban on the Super Eagles.

Since I ventured into public commentaries – thanks to the encouragement of our own Uncle Sam and the Vanguard editors, I have refrained from issues concerning individual politicians.

LAW Mefor’s recently published piece, “2015 AND ECHOES OF ANARCHY” is quite revealing. The piece captures the unguarded pronouncements of leading members of the major opposition political party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC, as preparations for the 2015 general elections gather momentum.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent declaration to, once again, vie for the Presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has deepened the discourse on his achievements thus far.

THE story of David and Goliath remains a popular and fascinating tale. A young shepherd slays a seasoned and —by some accounts— gigantic soldier. This story plays into the narrative of the underdog emerging triumphant despite overwhelming odds. And everybody loves a victorious underdog.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, President, Evangelist Solomon Omamoezi Ogba is one fellow I feel has been unfairly under-celebrated in Nigeria. A consummate politician and sports administrator par excellence, Ogba, who has bagged a variety of academic qualifications, is currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy, Damphine, Alabama, United States of America.

preach hateful politics, he removed whatever credibility that may be attached to his said message. I would have taken the same position if he had used the pulpit to promote APC and demonise PDP. And his premise for labelling APC an Islamic party was so puerile, disingenuous and downright illogical.

I like the Niger Delta militants. Or are they ex militants now?

They dropped their arms or so, we were told, and collected tons of cash in exchange. Perhaps, it was a virtual exchange. So they are not supposed to have weapons or, at least, should not flaunt their capacity to inflict violence. That is a reasonable expectation. So much for reasonableness.

It was to be a routine meeting for manpower deployment in the new Government of James Ibori in Delta State. Present in this meeting were the Chief Officer of State himself, James Ibori, the Secretary to State Government Engineer Erhuero, the Commissioner for Finance David Edevbie and some other members of the State Cabinet.

Some people have remarked in writing and in other forms of communication that President Goodluck Jonathan has given more attention to the entertainment industry to the detriment of other industries.