Bus-stop parliamentarians are as incensed about the recent murder of The Guardian newspapers journalist, Mr Bayo Ohu, as majority of the larger population. In fact, most parliamentarians could not help but express outrage over the sad development during an impromptu gathering at the Isolo Bus-stop in Lagos.

RECENTLY, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo after a security meeting with the State Executive Council assured Lagos residents that every measure has been put in place to ensure safety of lives and property in the state even in the last quarter of the year popularly dubbed the “ember months”.

IF the spectacle one witnessed last year in the oil city of Warri, Delta State during the 48th Independence Day anniversary celebration is anything to go by, then Nigerians are in for another colourful carnival that will, not only propel them to a new epoch but will also prepare them for a new experience capable of rejuvenating the patriotic spirit.

You don’t appear at a war front just like that; you have to prepare adequately because it is warfare. If you must win the war, there is need for adequate preparation. Last week, I taught on heart preparation as a key to winning the war of prayer. This week, I will show you another dimension of preparation that will enable you to win the war of prayer—Word preparation. Without the Word, every prayer ends in utter frustration.

Introduction: The nature of the exposition: IN this exposition it should be clear that no demand on Man made by God is to be idealized or moralized. Every demand of God is for a purpose. And it takes Man without sin to obey any demand of God. This applies to the Law given to Adam to keep before the Fall and to the Laws given to Israel by the hand of Moses. This point is to be kept in mind when we read the teachings of the Lord and Paul’s on Marriage against the backdrop of Moses’s Law on Divorce.

Whatever you like say. God is no respecter of persons. Those who see Christianity in the light of bread and butter should not force their beliefs on us. You either believe in God or believe in your selfish desires.

The Babangida years, undoubtedly, will go down in history as some of Nigeria’s defining moments and one man who was witness to most of those events that shaped the fortunes of the country is Duro Onabule (70 years today), fondly called ‘Double Chief’ by his colleagues. In this interview at his Lagos residence, he reminisces […]

By Emma Nnadozie , Albert Akpor and Evelyn Usman The recent brutal  murder of the Assistant News Editor of Guardian Newspapers, Mr. Bayo Ohu  by yet-to-be-identified  gun men at his residence in Egbeda, Lagos brings to the fore, once again, the agony of gun shot victims in Nigeria. The 45-year-old amiable and hardworking political reporter […]

Out of fear, Johnson ran to his house but I followed him closely, threatening to blow up the grenade before he started shouting out, “Release them, release them

THE alarming rate of violent   crime, especially  kidnapping, in the country in recent times, particularly in the South East has compounded the already frightening insecurity situation in the area. In 2007 at a mild stage of kidnapping, a black and two Chinese expatriates brought into the country to enforce the local manufacturing of vehicles, courtesy […]

By Udemezu Sylvester The view has of late been canvassed that the Nigerian judicial system, by its very nature, constitutes a major hindrance to the war against corruption and other financial crimes in the country. It is said that when the corruption cases are taken to court, they experience all forms of applications that bring […]

By Uche Anichukwu Two major opinions have been peddled by the media and the Conference of Nigeria Political arties, CNPP ever since the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu spoke at a press conference on the Senate’s action plan for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The areas of grouse include two statements credited to Ekweremadu […]

By Betty Irabor The life and times of late Mrs. Madeline Chinyelu Obanye holds aloft the torch of tenderness, passion and justice, even in death; and leaves us with no option than to celebrate the exit into greater and divine glory of a national icon and a stellar model to all of us. Like the […]

The Anambra state governorship election has again become a subject of litigation before our court, this time, before the Court of Appeal, Enugu at the instance of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and Governorship candidate of the party in Anambra state in the 2007 general elections, Dr Andy Uba, who was just a Governor for […]

As the UN General Assembly meets this week in New York, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to urgently  and publicly commit Nigeria to the ratification of the new UN Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.” The Protocol, adopted by the UN […]