“The more you spend on peace, the less you spend on war”.–  African proverb. Debates on rising cases of agreements involving communities, on the one hand, and organised and armed criminal gangs(popularly known as bandits) on the other, are reaching new levels of bitterness and concerns. The bitterness comes from victims of bandits who are accused […]

From last week continues the text of the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan defending his declaration on May 14, 2013 of a state of emergency in three states: Adamawa, Borno and Yobe following worsening insurgency by terrorists groups in the states.  We have a duty to stand firm against those who threaten the sovereign integrity […]

When doctors recommend 16 major surgeries and 21 minor ones for a patient, no divination is needed to tell you the patient is in a grave situation. This is the situation with the Nigerian electoral process where teams of civil society associations have recommended 21 constitutional   and 16 Electoral Act amendments.   These were presented on September 23, […]

It is no longer news that on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, I honoured the invitation by the X-Squad Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command, over allegations of “Criminal Defamation of the Governor of Imo State” and “conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.”

“Life is one long process of getting tired” – Samuel Butler, 1835-1902. The famous English writer lived 67 years and spent about ten of those suffering from very painful gout. I was 32 when his observation came to my attention; and it was immediately included in my collection of quotations. For someone who had known only […]