Infantino’s wager: Reforming football, risking legacy
By ANTHONY KILA Every significant reform begins with a wager. Some leaders wager that technology will solve yesterday’s problems. Others wager that money can accelerate tomorrow’s possibilities. Some gamble on persuasion; others on popularity. The most ambitious wager, however, is the belief that an institution can be fundamentally changed without changing what it is. Gianni […]
Don’t call me ‘Mathew’ to avoid my eyes turning red – Obasanjo
The 1999 democratically elected president of the federal republic of Nigerian, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo has said that ‘Mathew’ stands for a tax collector and therefore resolved not to be called by the name to avoid his eyes turning into red despite the facts that it was given to him by his parents.
Aisha Buhari writes to her sister ‘Dolly’
Nigerians First lady Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who went to see her ailing husband, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari and thus brought a goodwill message from the president to Nigerians which was doubted and rebuffed by many political stakeholders like Ayodele Fayose who posited that cabals did not allow her see her husband and thus threatens to expose the pictures of the bad conditions of the ailing president following the second goodwill report from the Acting president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,on Saturday wrote a congratulatory birthday message to her sister.
Nigeria: Negotiating for unity (2)
The herdsmen are the “anointed” in the scheme of a long drawn agenda to “conquer and subdue the infidels”. This is another malady which makes restructuring a necessity
Edo: Political appointments in perspective
This is easily the most star studded and talented team ever assembled in Edo State under any democratic dispensation
PDP: A lifeline from the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, July 12, the Supreme Court saved our democracy and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It did with its ruling in the matter between Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi, to determine who among the two is the authentic Chairman of the PDP. The Supreme Court of Nigeria practically threw the party a lifeline.
