Fifty One years after the Nigerian civil war, echoes of Biafra will on Thursday, January 14, 2021 once again resonate at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Holding virtually for the first time due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the highbrow event Read more…
•South Easterners their own worst enemies’ Recently, Ambassador Aminu Wali, Nigeria’s former Foreign Affairs Minister was discharged by a Federal Court over allegations of money laundering leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In this interview, he Read more…
By Isaac Ojo The former president of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Kano State, Chief Chris Chukwubuzor Azuka says the situation Nigeria finds herself today is attributable to accumulated effect of failure by successive governments in the country. Chief Azuka who was Read more…
Retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Azubuko Udah, wants Nigeria to adopt new global standards in digital security to tackle the current upsurge in banditry, kidnapping and wanton destruction of lives and property across the country. He is also unhappy that governors Read more…
A former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, narrated how he survived the February 1976 military coup d’etat, involving Lieutenant Colonel Buka Dimka. Obasanjo said it was General Olu Bajowa (retd.) that indirectly saved him from being killed in Read more…
Ankara has denounced a resolution by EU Parliament lawmakers for sanctions against Turkey over Cyprus after President Erdogan’s recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state and the reopening of an abandoned town. “We completely reject the nonbinding resolution… on Read more…
•Says report on killing of protesters blatantly irresponsible The Federal Government, yesterday, wrote the Cable News Network popularly known as CNN over its recent report on the Lekki shooting titled “How a Bloody Night of Bullets Quashed a Young Protest Movement.” Read more…
By Issa Aremu Yours comradely, like other compatriots, received Wednesday morning November 11, the news of the death of Dr. Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the first democratically elected Governor of Kaduna State. Kashim Balarabe Musa, the eldest son and political Read more…
President Donald Trump addressed the press from the White House that the media, Wall Street, and Tech giants, among others, have colluded with the Democrats to deny him and his supporters, a well-deserved electoral victory. Trump also claimed that the Read more…
By Isaac Ojo The president and founder of Soul Revival Ministries, Nnewi, Anambra State, Bro Iyke Uzukwu says the major problem of Nigeria is not the politicians but the fake men of God. Prophet Uzukwu who said this during an Read more…
More than 6ft (183cm) tall and well-built, Anthony Unuode, 28, dreamed of serving in the Nigerian army, but was killed by thugs breaking up protests against police brutality in the capital Abuja, writes the BBC’s Nduka Orjinmo after attending his Read more…
Udora Orizu writes that trend of burning down police stations by angry youths shows that when citizens loose faith in the government and criminal justice system, they are less likely to rely on the law to solve issues Following the Read more…