Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, others: Big promises, bigger questions ahead of 2027
From cheaper fuel and millions of jobs to free education, more electricity, stronger healthcare and safer communities, offers are getting bigger.
Godwin abbe: The unsung hero of amnesty programme in Niger Delta
Just 28 months ago, guns… guns…guns everywhere in the core Niger Delta region of Nigeria . The country was on the precipice of economic bankruptcy. The cold realities stared the then President, Late Musa Yar’ Adua in the face as the hostilities in the Niger Delta, the nation’s cash cow, raged on…
The ojukwu symbolism: From personal reminisciences (2)
“When you returned from the Ivory Coast, the crowds that received you at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, then at the Aba Stadium and at Nnewi have never been equaled in the political history of Nigeria. It was the return of the Peoples’ Great Hero, the return of their Eze, their King”.
Africa dares Western nations over homosexuals
WHEN British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at the last Commonwealth meeting in Perth, Australia, repeated his threat to English-speaking African nations that, henceforth, strings would be attached to aid that his government would offer to the affected countries, he said, “We want to see countries that receive our aid adhering to proper human rights, and that includes how people treat gay and lesbian people”.
Boko Haram: The US House report (2)
The Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security recently had a hearing on emerging threats to the United States posed by Boko Haram, the Islamic group originating from Northeast Nigeria….
The US House Boko Haram report (1)
The Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security recently had a hearing on emerging threats to the United States posed by Boko Haram, the Islamic group originating from Northeast Nigeria….
