Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Spain, Ambassador Yusuf Mamman in this interview, talks about the Boko Haram controversy, blaming it on extra judicial killings by the police. He opines also that if policemen were not careless in spraying innocent citizens who were not carrying any weapons with bullets, as shown on Al Jazeera TV, the problem would not have got out of control.

AS Nigeria marks 51 years of independence and the National Assembly begins another round of constitution amendment, President of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM), Evangelist Elliot Uko, has called for restructuring of the polity into a true federal state to address the myriad of socio-economic, political and development problems plaguing the country, saying government must begin the urgent processes to rebuild the country after 51 years of missed opportunities.

As the country marks its 51st Independence anniversary, Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has called on all leaders to render selfless service to their fatherland, saying that the unity of the country is non negotiable.

Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa was former governor of Sokoto state and two time-presidential aspirant. In this interview, he maintains that for Nigeria to develop, all hands must be on deck and that Nigerians need to support the government to move the country forward.

THE on-going strike by the organized labour in Anambra State has taken another dimension with the state government and labour leaders trading allegations that had helped to deepen the animosity between government and workers. On Monday, Gov Peter Obi assembled who is who in Anambra at the famous Women Development Centre , Awka and made a frightening speech that sent jitters down the spine of many workers.

As the country celebrates its 51st Independence Anniversary, Cross River State Government in collaboration with all the security agencies in the state have embarked on operation search all vehicles so as to be able to fish out any element with criminal intentions.

MILITANTS, under the aegis of Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, yesterday washed their hands off the plot by Movement for the Emanicpation of Niger-Delta, MEND, to ruin today’s 51st Independence anniversary celebration in Abuja with bomb explosions.

Security was tight in the Plateau State capital yesterday just as Governor Jonah Jang urged Nigerians to appreciate and respect one another’s cultural values and use them to strengthen the bond of nationhood rather than allow them to create division.

FOLLOWING the threat by the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) to disrupt today’s celebration of Nigeria’s 51st Independence anniversary, Police Authorities have intensified aerial and ground patrols in the Federal Capital Territory FCT and its environs.

Our founding fathers did not negotiate that at 51, Nigeria would become the 14th failed state in the world. Neither did they agree that it would be among the nations with the least human development index, nor that it would still be crawling five decades after independence. Our founding fathers did not dream that their great grand children would be treated with contempt as a result of mismanagement of its abundant resources.