NDLEA arrests 93-year-old, doctor in nationwide drug crackdown
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend arrested a 93-year-old man and a 69-year-old medical doctor among other suspects during a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels. Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the operations were intelligence-led and carried out across several states. In one operation, […]
A bridge too far
By Awa Kalu A Bridge too far’; That certainly is the title of the star studded movie shot in the eighties but based on the Second World War. The weight and calibre of the stars in that movie reminds me of the calibre of the ‘’stars’’ in the imaginary movie arising from the Yar’Adua and […]
Rep Seat : Why parties must wait for Supreme Court verdict
By Ise-Oluwa Ige Mr Emmanuel Obot, the former aide to ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Chief Victor Attah, is on the run. Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after him. EFCC is investigating Obot over his claims in the assets declaration forms he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau in […]
Govt must end gas flaring now – Youths leader
By Abdulwahab Abdulah Mr Chimemma Okolo, is a lawyer and editor of a law report, Superior Courts Law Reports of Nigeria(SCLR). In this interview, he talked about the reasons why government must expedite action on the utilization of the country’s gas deposit. Also, he highlighted government’s neglect of his Ndokwa people of Delta state over […]
Rights group to prosecute banks over employees rights voilation
By Innocent Anaba The National Human Rights Commission has received the fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kaase Aondoakaa to initiate legal proceedings against a leading Nigerian Bank and a Multinational Construction Company for workplace violations of employee rights. Chief Aondoakaa, who disclosed this in Geneva, when he […]
Consent of the N/A: A necessity for troops’ deployment (2)
By Do Idada Ikponmwen Indeed, Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S constitution provides that “the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) […]
