Football tacticians and lay statisticians will tell you that when a player is sent off the pitch, the probability of the team losing widens by over 60% and it makes no difference whether they are playing at home or away.…
Fashola, Yakasai, others for 3rd TheNiche lecture in Lagos September 8
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, will on Thursday 8 September deliver the 2022 edition of TheNiche Annual Lecture. The lecture, an intellectual fiesta aimed at proffering solutions to some of Nigeria’s most daunting problems, is organised…
Fashola, Yakasai, others to grace TheNiche 2022 lecture
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, is billed to deliver the 2022 edition of TheNiche Newspapers Annual Lecture at the Muson Centre, Onikan Lagos. The Theme of the lecture is: “2023 Elections and the Future of Nigeria’s…
Clark, Yakasai urge action on 2014 confab report (Guardian)
Two elder statesmen, Chief Edwin Clark, and Alhaji Tanko Yakasai have called on President Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference organised by his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The pair made the call during a…
Blackmail won’t give South-East presidency –Yakasai (Punch)
Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said a resort to threats and blackmail by the South-East was a disservice to the region’s quest for power come 2023. Yakasai said on Sunday that while he was one among several Nigerians who…
Adebanjo, Yakasai say Buhari’s speech failed to meet expectations (ThisDay)
Reactions are now trailing the Democracy Day speech of President Muhammadu Buhari, with two elder statesmen Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Alhaji Tanko Yakasai saying the speech failed to meet expectations. Nonagenarian core Awoist and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Adebanjo, did not…
Drop your second-term bid, Ezeife, Yakasai, ex-minister tell Buhari (Punch)
Some elder statesmen in the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek a second term. The leaders from different parts of the country gave various reasons for advising Buhari not to seek reelection in separate interviews with Sunday…
