By Victor Mark-Onyegbu I have tried to refrain from expressing my thoughts on the trajectory of governance in Abia State, partly owing to the fact that governments usually start to faulter after their honey-moon period – there was a part of me that felt the need to wait and see. The manner the State had been […]

By Femi Falana Introduction A few days ago, a Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Pius Iwoke, who was illegally arrested and incarcerated for three years without trial, regained his freedom due to the intervention of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Mikyau SAN. It is hoped that the Nigerian Bar Association will equally intervene and […]

By Kunle Somorin Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State commenced the week on a positive note. His fellow governors from the 17 states in Southern Nigeria entrusted him with leadership for the next few years. Elected as the new chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, with Anambra State Governor Professor Charles Soludo as his deputy, Abiodun’s election […]

By DIPO AKA-BASHORUN “The lizard that jumped  from high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did” – Chinua Achebe ON October 1, 2005, our father, Alao Aka-Bashorun, passed away at his home in Gbagada, Lagos. He would have turned 75 years old in December later that year. Shortly after his passing […]

By Jackson Udom When the Nigerian Senate elected Godswill Obot Akpabio as its Primus Inter Pares on June 13, 2023, not a few Nigerians expressed excitement at his emergence as President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly of Nigeria. The reason for that excitement was not far to seek. Many people knew that in […]