Before his sudden, mysterious death, former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, left us with an enduring, prophetic soundbite. He said: “If an insurgency lasts for more than 24 hours, then, know that government has a hand in it”. Way back on May 8, 2014, The Cable newspaper published a retweet of the late General’s daughter, […]

The Nigerian Army recently sent a task force to the South-East to hunt for recruits. The team led by Brigadier-General Chima Ekeator was in Enugu State where he lamented that out of the 200 slots given to the state, not up to 100 youths applied. He contrasted it with Kaduna State from which over 3,000 applications […]

Jungle justice is ugly. It is not only a sickening sight to behold, it is also wrong because the victim, who most of the time is innocent, misunderstood or framed up by his enemies, is denied justice under the law. That said, I must express my utter disgust at the kneejerk reactions of some highly-placed individuals […]

Why always Multichoice and DSTV? This is the question on the lips of Nigerians who find it difficult to stomach the digital television provider’s penchant for tariff increases. No other service provider has been dragged around in the chambers of the National Assembly, the law courts, media, civil society circles and the open public as Multichoice […]

The state of emergency President Bola Tinubu imposed on Rivers State is like bringing down fruit and force-ripening it for consumption. Since the All Progressives Congress, APC, was born through the merger of legacy political parties of Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change, CPC), Bola Tinubu (Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN) and others on February 6, […]