President Umaru Yar’Adua cannot be under the delusion that all is well in the Niger Delta, in the sense that the recent amnesty, following the surrender of arms by the militants, is the harbinger of peace in that difficult area. Of course, it definitely points the way, but it has no loud announcement to make yet about our arrival.

OF all the constitutions that Nigerians and Nigeria had operated, none has been so severally stricture as the 1999 constitution presumably because of its military background. Some see it as an imposition by the military to ensure the unity of the country through a powerful and wealthy central government in a federal environment.

The devil can cite scriptures for his purpose”…William Shakespeare

JOHN Egbokhan walked up to me and said, “sir, what are you going to write this week? People are still expecting your analysis on the Nigeria- Mozambique match in Abuja.”
I told John that I have also received text messages asking for my analysis on the match, three of them from ex internationals.

By Donu Kogbara LAST week, Chief E.K. Clarke, the veteran champion of Niger Deltan rights and a zonal leader I regard as a close friend and father figure, was kind enough to invite me to his residence to attend a reception he was hosting for Ateke Tom, the famous militant commander and founder of the […]