Author: David Great

By Dan Abubakar In many places politicians are subjects of scorn and derision. And for good reason. They lie to the public as a matter of course and the compliment is sometimes returned with particularly aggrieved persons throwing rotten eggs, tomatoes or shoes at politicians engaged in walkabout in England, France and elsewhere. Here in Nigeria people sometimes show their displeasure by shouting “yehoo!”, “barawo!” or “ole!”. The degeneration in the Nigerian specie of politician is alarming, a factor of the abysmal lack of accountability of public officers over the years. Finagling with public funds which should earn culprits years…

By Oluremi Kosoko As Nigeria’s two gladiatorial parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – prepare to subject the country to another round of their phony war, the danger signs are flashing yet again. Unless we heed them, we have little hope of redemption. Falsehood has become the stock in trade of our political carpetbaggers. The phrase a stalking horse has its origins in a sixteenth century hunting practice. “In order to get close to fowl, hunters employed trained stalking horses. These horses could walk up on game birds without alarming them. The hunters…

Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win the league in all five of Europe’s major leagues as Real Madrid beat Espanyol to win La Liga. Two goals from Rodrygo and strikes from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema confirmed Real’s 35th Spanish title. They are 17 points clear of second-placed Sevilla with four games to play. Ancelotti has also won titles in Italy’s Serie A, France’s Ligue 1, the Premier League in England and the German Bundesliga. Real needed only a draw to win the title, but victory was never really in doubt once Rodrygo stroked home from just inside…

Norwich were relegated from the Premier League with defeat against Aston Villa at Villa Park. The tame loss, coupled with Burnley’s dramatic comeback win at Watford, left the Canaries bottom of the table and 13 points from safety with four games to play. Their fans continued to support as a relegation that has looked on the cards for some time was confirmed. Ollie Watkins put Villa ahead in the first half, capitalising on a slip from Brandon Williams before lashing high into the net. Williams’ error summed up Norwich’s season, as did their lack of potency in front of goal.…

Manchester City produced the perfect response to Premier League title rivals Liverpool by outclassing Leeds United to regain top spot. City needed the win after Liverpool had overtaken them earlier in the day with victory at Newcastle and produced a highly impressive display in Elland Road’s hothouse that also prolonged the relegation worries for Jesse Marsch’s side. The reigning Premier League champions went ahead in the 13th minute when Rodri glanced home Phil Foden’s free-kick and while Leeds were spirited, they barely tested visiting keeper Ederson until the game was lost. City doubled their advantage nine minutes after the break…

Veteran entertainer and entrepreneur, Charles Adedeji, popularly known as Flexman, has staged a comeback to the entertainment scene with Samba Plus TV, a digital movie marketing and promotions platform. After taking a break from music for almost a decade, Flexman said he is back to contribute his quota to Nigeria’s thriving entertainment sector. As an artiste under Samba Unit Records and the CEO of the record label, Flexman serenaded the music scene with his repertoire of hit songs, with performances across Africa, Europe, America and Asia. He featured French footballer, Nicolas Anelka in one of his musical videos then titled…

By Toni Kan The year was 1990 and Nigeria had a military president and a medical doctor turned oil man was in charge of the nation’s oil ministry. With zero oil industry experience, the brilliant doctor set himself three quick tasks; midwife indigenous participation in the oil and gas industry, increase reserves as well as deep water production. To achieve the first, he supervised a discretionary oil licence bid round. At the end 11 Nigerian businessmen who had achieved success in other areas were issued licences. One of them was named Mike Adenuga. He was 37 years old and had…

A police officer who appeared on the Nigerian version of Big Brother without permission from her bosses has been given a final written warning. PC Khafilat Kareem was a serving Metropolitan Police officer when she applied to be on the show in 2019. A misconduct hearing ruled PC Kareem should be given the written warning after gross misconduct was proven. She entered the Big Brother house in Lagos in June 2019 and lasted 77 days before being evicted. The misconduct panel, sitting at the Empress Building in west London, found PC Kareem had breached the standards of professional behaviour in…

A British lawmaker accused of watching pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber has been named as Neil Parish. The Conservative MP has been suspended from the parliamentary party pending the outcome of an investigation by the Commons standards committee, Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris’s office said in an emailed statement. Parish referred himself for investigation after speaking to Heaton-Harris on Friday, according to the statement. Parish didn’t immediately respond to a text message and an email seeking comment. Two calls to his parliamentary office number went to voice mail. The porn allegations this week reignited a…

Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed reports on social media that he would declare for 2023 presidency. The former Edo state governor said he is yet to make up his mind on what office he would be gunning for but when he does, Nigerians would hear from him directly. “It must be a mistake, I will not declare on the pages of newspapers. If I will declare, it will be to people,” he said. Chronicle NG reports that a banner and an invite were making the rounds on Friday morning that the…