Daniel orders release of 15 prisoners, commuted death sentence to life imprisonment
Governor Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State has ordered the release of 15 prisoners and commuted the death sentence of a murder convict to life imprisonment in commemoration of the nation’ golden jubilee.
50 years not enough to assess Nigeria – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says 50 years in the life of a nation is too short for any meaningful assessment of its socio-economic and political development but that it is worth celebrating for the express purpose of assessing progress against plans in order to effect correction and move forward.
Happy 50th Anniversary, Nigeria
THERE is something to celebrate in the fact that we got this far. For a country that went into war only six years after its independence, we rejoice that it pushed all that aside to stay together for another 44 years.
For Nigeria’s tomorrow, our Judiciary needs a complete makeover
A people with a written Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights, a free judiciary and a robust civil society should be in a position, as we are, to blame its Judiciary, at least in some sense of being an accomplice, if such a country misgoverns, or aborts the dream of its original founders.
Military killed Police Force, says Frank Odita
At that time, every service you have, the Customs, the SSS, the Immigration, the NDLEA, even the Federal Road Safety Corps; name it; every arm of the security we have today were all parts of the Nigeria Police Force. We had the Police Custom Service, the Police Immigration Service, the Police Fire Service and of course, the Hausa Constabulary eventually became the Royal West African Frontier Force (WAFF) which became the Nigerian Army.
Halliburton Scam: We won’t bungle trial of accused persons – FG
FEDERAL Government, yesterday, said it would not bungle the on_going trial of notable individuals and corporate persons allegedly involved in the Halliburton bribe_for-contract scam before two courts in Abuja
NCC’ll revive fixed line telephony in 2011- Juwah
NIGERIAN Communications Commission, NCC, said, yesterday, that it would revive fixed line telephony in 2011.
Enahoro asks, where are we going?
How are we going to prove that we can rule ourselves or are we going to be slaves to the British forever?
Police should be better equipped –Aghedo
The appointment of IGPs is not a ballot box affair. Making an Assistant Inspector General of Police the IGP does not amount to politicisation and polarisation
Sports, Politics of 2011
LAST week I asked for involvement of the sports community in the politics that would produce leaders in 2011. It is obvious that sports would be neglected again if those who are its stakeholders do not prod candidates in the elections to create platforms to develop sports.
