Operators in the micro-finance sector have criticized the N50 billion micro-credit fund set up by the Federal government as a political gimmick as only few microfinance banks have been able to access it.

By Ignatius Orisewezie THIS game called politics is a race for popularity in which citizens enthrone those they can trust. And the trust is earned like the father’s love. As Robert Frost said, you have to earn and deserve your father’s love but not that of your mother.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Traditional rulers and Muslim leaders in the 19 northern states yesterday advised lawmakers in the country to be cautious in their efforts to amend the 1999 Constitution as well as make laws for the country, saying divine (Islamic) laws were superior to man-made laws. They spoke under the auspices of […]

FOR the legislative arm of our civil rule, the beginning was nothing less than troubled. It was a time when the first speaker, Ibrahim Salisu Buhari, also known as Imam, was found to have lied about his educational qualification in order to get into the House in the first place.

They eventually took pity on him and let him go. Kidnapping has become the favourite crime in the South East and South-South, with Rivers, Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom and Edo states as the red flag states. Armed robbers are now migrating to kidnapping because it is obviously seen as more lucrative and safer for the criminals.