Last week, I wearily described Nigeria as an arranged marriage of convenience that has always been troubled and convenient only for certain groups…because it was (in my opinion) organized by conniving British colonial officials who were not strong on emotional intelligence and possessed pretty dire matchmaking skills.

The heinous crimes presently being perpetrated by young people are too heart-rending. We cannot continue like this. Something has to be done. Nigerians who have carted away the commonwealth must make reparation to our youth

The quit notice by the CNY, as far as I am concerned, does not hold water, reason being that IPOB and MASSOB in their agitations have not asked other Nigerians residing in the South East to leave or threaten their means of livelihood

I shook my head sadly when I read the toxic tribalistic tripe that is being churned out by the Igbophobists who occupy certain internet sites and write demonising open letters; and I am so worried by all this rampant Igbophobia

Osinbajo is a Class Act who also has a Common Touch; he is an elitist…and a populist when it is necessary to come down to earth and sincerely empathise with ordinary folks

The international community pretends that this situation is a tit-for-tat problem, rather than a one-sided slaughter. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, the press fails to report or actively obscures the situation. Christians in the south of the country feel little solidarity with their co-religionists suffering from this Islamic revivalism and territorial conquest in the north. And worst of all, the plight of these people is of no interest to their own government. In fact, this ethnic and religious cleansing appears to be taking place with that government’s complicity or connivance…

Whenever an actual operation against the group is planned, they are always tipped off by forces within the country’s security apparatus

I’m praying that the spirit of statesmanliness will enter Amaechi’s heart and propel him towards his ancestral turf on our special anniversary; fingers crossed that he gives peace a chance on this significant date

I don’t see why he should be handled with protective kiddie gloves by those who are disappointed in him and feel that he mismanaged golden opportunities to elevate his people and country!

There is one criticism of Jonathan that I must firmly reject; he is always being accused of being heavily biased in favour of folks from his ethnic group and our region; and I regard this accusation as grossly unfair

EVERYONE knows (not least because he constantly and rather vulgarly boasted about his tremendous wealth throughout his election campaign!) that Donald Trump was a billionaire and property mogul before he became President of the United States.

I’VE just read, in the Political Economist, an online publication, a shocking article about Africans being openly bought and sold in Libyan “slave markets”.

According to an old article I recently chanced upon in The Will, an online publication, our Police Force has “declared its worry over the rising cases of suicide among its officers across the country.”

By Donu Kogbara ROTIMI Amaechi, the   Minister of Transport, should be heartily congratulated for establishing an efficient railway service between the Federal capital and Kaduna. When it was announced that Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport would be shut down for six weeks, starting March 8, while its ragged runways were being totally reconstructed, I was one […]

EARLIER on this week, I was contacted by a gentleman called Jude Ndukwe ([email protected]). He is the national leader of the Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation, MANTRA, a civil society organisation, CSO, and he introduced himself as the co-convenor of an upcoming rally that would culminate in a solidarity visit to the Abuja headquarters of Amnesty International, AI, the respected multinational human rights organisation.