Nigeria’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote was recently quoted as saying that “Nigeria is the best kept secret in the world. Anybody who does not invest in Nigeria only has himself to blame, going forward. I do not really know of any place where you can make as much money as you make in Nigeria.”

I felt so sad, betrayed, and angry with myself as I read comments by the spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, Senator Kabiru Marafa, after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday 21st July 2016. They fooled me and us again, I said to myself.

Provision of good security is the primary responsibility of any government in any society. Without it, a state of anarchy will prevail as it happened in the days of the biblical Israel when there was no king and the unthinkable began to happen in the land (Please read Judges 19-21, KJV).

OF course, you are aware of the common phrase: nobody is perfect. Forget about the Pope’s claim of infallibility. It is common sense that nobody is perfect. Criminologists and men of the Intelligence Bureau stand on this premise to theorise that since there is no perfect man, there cannot be a perfect crime.

GREAT men are often remembered not just by what they do but what they say. In death, their words resonate more loudly in somewhat mournful sobriety.

Last week we drew attention to two countries’ (Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia) dilemma in the choice of the best instrument between “negotiating and non-negotiating”, they deployed when the challenge of continuity of statehood confronted them.While Czechoslovakia was wise enough to negotiate for unity, Yugoslavia adamantly refused to negotiate.

In his lifetime, Rev. Father Nicholas ChukwuemekaTagbo meant different things to people that passed through his tutelage either as a teacher, administrator, educationist or priest.

Heavy rains stalled the second half of the 2016 Federation Cup men’s quarter-final match between Rivers United Football Club and Enyimba International on Wednesday in Ibadan.

Since Governor Nyesom Wike assumed office in Rivers State after defeating his opponents in the fiercely contested April 11, 2015 gubernatorial electoral contest, some highly placed members of the opposition in the state are yet to come to terms with their electoral defeat.

Forgive me for my curious silence over the last few months but this was due to circumstances beyond my control.

A critical review of the development trajectory of the present administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu State points to the fact that the apogee of its policy thrust centres on rural development. Unlike in the previous administrations when development seemed to be concentrated in the urban areas, Ugwuanyi has made giant strides towards advancing good […]

Parenting can be quite an arduous adventure. It is hard enough with a committed partner, but when you are doing it alone, especially in Nigeria, the difficulty rises to a whole new level. It can be tricky, maintaining good mental health, thriving as an individual and nurturing your children in the best possible manner.

IN these times of clamour for structural re-alignment of state boundaries and fiscal federalism, there is a dire need for profitable regional integration amongst nations within the Nigerian state.

For decades, Nigerians had dreamt of a crisp transport system, built around the railway technology like in developed countries for mass movement. The dream is as good as coming to fulfilment now, as all hands are already on deck for the flag-off of commercial services of the Abuja-Kaduna railway project by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The railway is one of the oldest, effective and efficient means for transporting passengers and cargoes across the world.