Nasarawa massacre: ‘Barbarians’ on rampage
By Dele Agekameh For quite some time, the Eggon who claim to the largest ethnic nationality in Nasarawa state, clamoured for political power. Perhaps, to actualize that dream, the leadership came up with a novel idea of using a cult, Ombatse, to grab power in 2015. Ombatse means “time has come. A socio-cultural organization, it assumed notoriety More...
Gov. Yari’s transfromation agenda
By Ibrahim Sidi Muh’d, Gusau When Governor Abdulaziz Yari made a pledge to the people of Zamfara state during his inauguration that his administration would uphold prudence and good management of public resources, More...
The emergency rule proclamation
By Michael Jegede On Tuesday, May 14, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, in an attempt to wield the big stick over the protracted security challenges in More...
Has Jonathan really declared emergency rule? (I)
By Jiti Ogunye On Tuesday, May 14, President Goodluck Jonathan, in a televised national broadcast, “declared” a state of emergency in the North-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe “in order More...
Nigeria needs attitudinal change, not draconian environmental laws
By Malik Abolagba The Campaign for Environmental Rights Nigeria has been attracted by comments made by one Mr. Oladipo Fabiyi, described as environmental consultant, urging the federal government to strengthen the More...
Nigeria must get real about its oil
By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu The ultimate goal of every benign government, especially of countries so categorised as ‘developing’, andso intended for a keen march into 21st century modernity is to adopt More...
Future of legal profession in the North
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Boobis (not real name), a lawyer in his late 40s, has practised for over 15 years in one of the cities now under emergency rule in North-east Nigeria. Over this period, he has built up a More...
State of emergency and the critics
By Chiechefulam Ikebuiro The declaration of emergency rule by the President Goodluck-led government on Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, as far as I am concerned, is in order. It is surprising that the government More...
Oodua World Children Day: Youth development and cultural heritage
By OyIntiloye Olatunbosun Across the world several initiatives have been targeted to ‘catch them young’. Youths are believed to be tomorrow’s leaders; hence the burden to equip and empower them More...
Why most Nigerians don’t trust Jonathan
By Charles Omole As the Cuban missile crisis raged in October 1962; the US president sat in the White House and called the leaders of the key nations that were members of the UN Security Council to get their support More...
