I have written several times about the ‘uselessness’ of the Abuja National Stadium (now known as MKO Abiola Stadium). Such a great facility for all-round sports lie fallow all year round, overgrown with weed and smothered in dust. Many ministers of Sports have come and gone, and most of…
According to a report by Daily Mail, actor Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a result of the physical assault he inflicted on Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars show. Smith, in a statement first obtained by Variety on Friday, called his …
Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth" Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars for making a joke about Jada Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage to hit Chris Rock after the presenter made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's haircut. Rock, a comedian, compared J…
I f you hold an office, you’ll never know your true estimation until you leave that office or are relegated. If all Superior officers, Managers, political office holders- elected and appointed- etc understood that the office will outlive the officeholder, maybe they will behave better. …
The Senate on Wednesday March 16, passed a bill to amend the Money Laundering Act 2011. The new bill now makes it mandatory for banks and other financial institutions to report, in writing, to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering under the Economic and Financial Crimes Comm…
A young Nigerian man who is a pilot wowed many in America as he came out to the cabin before a flight to announce to the passengers their destination. After introducing himself to them as a Nigerian-born citizen, all of them clapped. He said the day is a special one for him as it would b…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with…
Fellow Nigerians, let me state clearly that I consider myself a bonafide member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) even if I don't attend church services regularly due to my absence from home arising from my enforced itinerant lifestyle as an international journalist. Fo…
During my nearly 20-year ownership of Chelsea FC, I have always viewed my role as a custodian of the Club, whose job it is ensuring that we are as successful as we can be today, as well as build for the future, while also playing a positive role in our communities. I have always taken …
An Ikeja High Court on Friday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, to life imprisonment for the kidnap of Donatus Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Hakeem Oshodi a…
Three children have been kidnapped by two new tenants, barely 24 hours after they moved into an apartment at Itsekiri street in Ajuwon, Ogun state. The two women said to be in their 30s, moved into a one-room apartment in the compound on February 17. They reportedly disappeared with the…