The growth or maturity of any individual takes time. Over many years, experiences, associations and interactions, a personality and mindset slowly emerges. A backbone is not just a collection of vertebrae, its a force that is built to support convictions, emotions and beliefs! Over time when a backbone develops emotionally and spiritually, we begin to seek meaning to every decision and question old truths; we need our own conviction to accept other people’s positions.

He said the problem of Nigeria is disloyalty, not corruption; Obasanjo lied in his book, ‘My Command’; the first 1966 coup is not an Igbo coup but it ruined Nigeria. A Delta Igbo by paternal lineage but a Yoruba-cum northerner via maternal links, Alabi-Isama said God has destined Nigeria to be one country and those trying to dismember the nation labour in vain. He prayed that Nigerians should not witness another war because people are now very vicious. Excerpts:

For several years, sea pirates turned sea travel along the Oron –Cameroon –Gabon water channel into a nightmare. Harrowing tales of armed attacks, vandalisation and robbing of boats and ships along the channel were a constant feature of those who had cause to travel to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea or Gabon for business or other activities by sea. Monsters or men of the underworld usually waylaid the water vessels by lurking inside ship wracks or hiding their speed boats in the crevices of the high sea weeds and creeks along the water channel at night and sometimes in the early hours of the morning.

•Police close-in on suspects…
The Presidency has condemned in strong terms the kidnapping of human right activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and passionately appealed to his abductors for his release.

The Super Eagles Saturday before a capacity crowd at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar defeated their noisy Malawian opponents 2-0 to qualify for the final round of 2014 World Cup qualifiers which hold in October and November.

The future of the stowaway teenage boy, Daniel Oikhena, became brighter, on Wednesday, after Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State met with him and his parents. Daniel stowed away in an Arik aircraft from Benin-Lagos penultimate Saturday, apprehended by officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Lagos and handed over to officials of the Department of State Security (DSS).

For instance, he said the Northern and Eastern Nigeria have jointly been ruling the country since independence in 1960 and Nigeria has not known peace; there was no pogrom against the Igbo during the war; Biafra would not have lost the war if her military leaders had been tactically disciplined and prosecuted the war professionally; and that Nigeria neglects her heroes and heroines.

…Says RCCG is a covenant church…
DESPITE rave criticisms that greeted the planned construction of a three kilo-meter auditorium at the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Redemption Camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the General Overseer of the church Sunday disclosed that the said auditorium and several other developments in the church are but a child’s play.

By Henry Umoru The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) took a turn for the worse, Saturday, after the police sealed off the office of the Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction. The police put the office, situated at Plot 3206A, No 4, Oyi River Crescent, Maitama, Abuja under lock and key. The PDP broke […]

Maritime operators, especially importers and exporters, have often accused the Nigeria Customs Service of paying more attention to revenue collection than trade facilitation. They allege that Customs neglects this fundamental responsibility as they strive to meet their annual revenue targets.

Make no bones: No President needs to be subjected to the walkout that was choreographed by five state governors and their delegates as was the case penultimate Saturday.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria Saturday evening defeated the Flames of Malawi 2-0 at the U J Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River state, in the 2014 World Cup qualification tie.

WARRI, the oil city in Delta State, is, no doubt, one of the hotbeds of the Niger-Delta struggle and since ex-militants dropped arms in 2009 and accepted amnesty, the next task was for elected /appointed leaders, both at local and state levels, to develop the oil communities, which was the major basis for the agitation.

Until three years ago, Koleosho Saidat Biola, an English graduate from Lagos State University, was not different from an average lady on the streets of Oshogbo , Osun State. She was one of the millions of unemployed youths scattered across the country. According to her, she was just roaming the streets in search of a job. Then she was absorbed into the Osun State Empowerment Youths Scheme, O’YES. O’YES is an empowerment programme focused mainly on youths.