Venus and Serena Williams: A bold and audacious promise coming from a father. ~ Olajuwon Obalola

''The world may know only Venus and Serena Williams as the duo superstars of tennis. But the secret to all that success is founded on a strong family culture. And at the hem of it all is their father and coach, Richard Williams, who is ably supported by his wife, Oracene.'

Unless they are the best of actors putting on the best of acts, the Williams family is a stongly bonded unit who view themselves as a corporation working for the whole instead of selfishly for the individual. With the Chief Executive being Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena who have both come to dominate the world of tennis.

 They are both ranked in the top 10 in the
world, and the youngest daughters, Venus and Serena, is the number one family in tennis, according to Tennis Magazine.
During their meteoric rise, Venus and Serena have quieted detractors who severely criticized their father's style and language against racism and the importance of education before tennis. Richard eschewed the established traditional system in the raising of his two extraordinary players. With the help of his wife, Oracene, they devised their own method of molding future champions {practice, practice, practice}, while totally ignoring the junior ranks that the tennis establishment advocates. They also simultaneously focused on their daughters' education.

Governor Fayose Shut NSCDC Command Headquarters, Requests for N28m

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has directed that the NSCDC Ekiti State, should vacate her Command Headquarters situated along Afao Road with immediate effect, or pay N27.5million within 5days.

The Command Headquarters was allocated to the Corps in 2010 when Engr. Segun Oni was Governor and was sustained by the successive leadership of Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Driverless minibuses make a debut on the streets of downtown Dubai

A driverless bus service was unveiled in downtown Dubai on Thursday in a month-long trial period for the electric vehicle with a view to expanding it across the futuristic Gulf city state.

Buhari praises Zuckerberg’s simplicity, generosity in sharing knowledge

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has praised Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg for inspiring young entrepreneurs during his visit to the west African nation earlier this week.

Zuckerberg who arrived in Nigeria and has met with young entrepreneurs at information technology and computer centres in the country’s commercial hub of Lagos and the capital Abuja.

Sooner than later, Social media will be a tool for transforming the country ~Ogundamisi

Kayode Ogundamisi is an International Relations expert, TV producer, convener of the Liberty Forum, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the German human rights group, Internationaler Menschenrechtsverein Bremen e.V. With a following of 209,000 on Twitter alone, he tells JESUSEGUN ALAGBE the impact of social media on his career

You are a social commentator, human rights activist and TV producer. How would you describe the impact of social media on your career?

 As it does for almost everyone, social media has created both negative and positive impact in everything I do, but mostly positive. Take Facebook and Twitter, for example, it’s a platform for interaction, used mainly by young people, a more vibrant generation. For those of us born in the 60s and for someone like me with a tradition of barricade activism, it is a new and thrilling experience. I joined my first protest at the age of 13 at Agege (Lagos). I am 47 now. Then, we had no social media when we took on different Nigerian military dictators to fight for democratic rule. As a matter of fact, during my days of student unionism, we used to make our stand known to the then autocratic rulers by words of mouth. I recall holding meetings inside mosques in Sokoto and on different hills in Enugu, just to distract the security agents. What I find ironical now is how we were able to mobilise, communicate and carry out very effective mass actions in those days. But today, with all the easy means of communication, so many youths are more divided, mostly ill-informed and easily bought with the smallest of crumbs from the table of the same people who oppress them. Social media is supposed to be a tool for positive change. For me, it is more of a tool to engage, provoke debates, as well as socialise. Most of my TV productions became successful not just because of the quality of the content, but as a result of being able to share them via various social media platforms.

Football legend Pele set to visit Nigeria

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, will visit Nigeria this month after his initial visit that was set for August failed for health reasons.

Amnesty International Leave Nigeria Now ~PCC

Progressive Citizens Congress Statement Read at the March to the Embassy of the United States on Friday September 2, 2016.

Amnesty International Leave Nigeria Now


There is apparently a concerted effort to make Nigeria into a failed state and recent events are proof of such plot. Our dear country has battled all manners of insurgency in the north east especially the Boko Haram terror group, which was once an assemblage of ragtag of misguided youths that turned into an international terror organisation within the shortest time possible.

Religious Malpractices and Implication for National Security ~Kolawole Anthony

I always struggle to keep a smirk off my face each time I ruminate over how we often as a people focus on basic things while glossing over the crucial ones. Security, climate change, economy and a host of other hot issues are important but they become basic when viewed from the perspective of crucial issues like religion and healthcare.

Possibly owing to our sensitivities, we tend to take religion for granted. In a world where we now go out of our ways not to cause offence religion and those that take it to fanatical levels become the biggest beneficiaries. For instance, I had waited several times to see public outrage against religion driven violence even when life is lost but we all tend to simply heave our shoulders in a gesture that says ‘it is about religion I don’t want to blaspheme’ as we move on to discuss the next political scandal.