IGP orders arrest of Police officers over extortion of N30m
Following the recent act of extortion by some officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Special Tactical Squad in Abuja who extorted a member of the public of the sum of N30million (Thirty Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira), which was brought to the notice of the Force via the X Platform, the Nigeria Police wishes to reveal and announce that significant progress has apprehended the officers and their accomplices.
Post-Buhari: Why Tinubu cannot afford to fail
By TONY OLUGBENGA THAT Nigeria has been truly unfortunate with leadership is no longer news. Literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, aptly put the challenge of Nigeria’s underdevelopment squarely on her leadership. All over the world, most countries are making progress by enthroning leaders who work assiduously to raise the bar of leadership. Ironically, in Nigeria, […]
Need for zonal development bodies
Members from almost, if not all, the six geo-political zones have submitted requests or bills to the National Assembly for the creation of a federal-funded regional body for the development of their geopolitical zones. Already, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been in operation since 2000 when former President Olusegun Obasanjo yielded to agitators’ […]
After the AU Summit, Africa continues its drift, by Owei Lakemfa
IF a family meets in a room, members give themselves pecks, exchange polite greetings, make flowery speeches and emerge laughing for group photographs, it is likely they have not been truthful to themselves. That was my impression following the 37th Summit of the African Union, AU, from February 17-18, 2024 in Addis Ababa. After attending […]
$2.4bn assets sale: Host communities threaten litigation against Shell
Oil-producing communities in Niger Delta have threatened to sue Shell Petroleum Development Commission, SPDC, if it insists on selling off its $2.4 billion offshore assets without meeting the basic demands of the Niger Delta people.
Wike: The other side of a fighter, by Donu Kogbara
I went home to Rivers State last weekend to participate in a celebration and Anglican thanksgiving service. They were hosted in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, by Senator Barinada Mpigi, a fellow Ogoni and friend. And the special guests of honour were Chief Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, and Chief Nyesom Wike, our former governor […]
