Nigeria is a land of opportunity. And I do not mean this the way Nigerian politicians usually mean it, as a cliched speech for the campaign trail. I mean this from the bottom of my heart because it is true and I have benefited from it and I can prove it.

After winning the French presidential election with over 60% of the expressed votes cast in his favour, Emmanuel Macron is also transforming from mere “En Marche” to “République en Marche” in order to curry the favour of those who believe that what brought their Vth Republic to life when General Charles de Gaulle proclaimed, as the Algeria – Franco war raged on between 1956 – 58, “L’Afrique aux Africanis” – leave Africa for Africans. He felt it was high time France acknowledged the right for any given people to decide for themselves how they wanted to be governed.

From the tale of these three gates so far, it would not be wrong to conclude that Lagos seems to have done better when it was in opposition to the ruling party in Aso Rock

DESPITE all that may be taken as gains from the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption war, there are good reasons to believe that the whole campaign might be a journey to nowhere. Uncharitable as this may sound, the fact cannot be denied that to date there is no concrete and irreversible achievement to the campaign’s credit.

Lagos-based MFM Football Club (FC) on Sunday, May 7, 2017, became the champions of Lagos State Federation Cup (LSFA) for the second consecutive time after defeating Spartan FC 3-1 in a match regarded to as a one sided.