ON February 22, 2024, the Senate passed the South-East Development Commission, SEDC, Bill, thus concurring a similar action already taken in the House of Representatives sequel to the Bill’s initiation by Hon. Benjamin Kalu (APC Bende Federal Constituency, Abia). It is safe to assume that the Bill is on the desk of President Bola Tinubu, […]

Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (1930-2013), popularly known as Chinua Achebe, is regarded in the Western world as the father and central figure of modern African literature — a title which Achebe, in his characteristic humility, rejected.  Achebe, born in Ogidi, in modern day Anambra State of Nigeria, was a novelist, poet and critic. His first novel, […]

It is so perturbing that Nigeria has been able to prosecute only 300 out of more than 50,000 jihadist terror suspects. The confirmation of this figure by the Director General of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, retired Major General Garba Wahab, at a round table discussion forum in Abuja recently, put it beyond fiction. […]

We urge President Bola Tinubu to favourably consider the calls from various quarters for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu without further delay. In recent weeks, the clamour for Kanu’s freedom has come from several sources. Ijaw leader and Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, […]

Minister of the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, in a recent duty round, told reporters that the Federal Government was considering removing the Ikoyi Prisons and others like it located deeply in populated urban areas to new locations. This has sparked heated debates on the social media. Critics feel that government wants to move these correctional […]