By Philip Agbese President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for security agencies to go after armed attackers that had laid waste to several communities for several months now came as a relief as Nigerian had waited for it. His directive, which came to light through the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, offers some reassurance after the […]

MY attention has been drawn to an interview with one-time Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Lucky Imasuen, published in Vanguard (Thursday, March 31).

Coming on the heels of the rescue of the three abducted secondary school girls in Lagos, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase’s demand for update on stolen Zamfara and Bauchi girls marks a new high in police responsiveness to public mood.

ZBB Requirements
THE starting point in the preparation of Zero Based Budget is for the government to clearly define its key policy thrust. They are the pillars and foundation for any budget preparation and interpretation. These policy thrust must be well articulated and understood by all the people involved in the budget process including the NASS.

Potter Stewart, a renown Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who played a significant role in the interpretation of Civil Rights laws, coined the basic phrase: “Fairness is what Justice really is.” This phrase, conceived to propel the notion of every individual’s equitable right under the law, demonstrates that an unbiased legal system, is a necessary component for justice to be dispensed.

Just a few months ago news of Boko Haram hoisting flags of its imagined Caliphates across large areas in the North eastern part of Nigeria was no longer news.

Today, a lot of people both from within and outside the country, have been commending President Muhammadu Buhari for his guts to fight corruption, particularly with the prosecution of the perceived high and mighty in the society.

I AM of the view that cattle herding through our countryside, towns and cities is one of the adorably unique characteristics of the Nigerian landscape; one of the cute peculiarities that defines us. I think that it is a charming and endearing sight: the lonely herdsman amidst his languidly wandering cattle.

MUCH has been written and said about the 2016 Budget. New vocabulary has been imported into the budget terminology. Words like Missing Budget, Budget Padding, Fake Budget, Distorted Budget and many more as widely reported across the media platforms.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTU) ruling this week confirmed what some of us have always known and insisted on. Iran is a sponsor of terrorism, radicalization, extremism and other traits that undermine the safety of other nations.

I am always amused to observe the look on people’s faces whenever I tell them that drinking too much water can kill them. Yes.

Among high profile cases dominating the Nigerian public space today is the 10-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against a former Chief of the Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.

The Senate President Bukola Saraki case at the Code of Conduct Tribunal may end up becoming the most controversial case in the history of our nation. At every point, new twists and turns come up. Last week, we saw how the defence team filed an application accusing the Tribunal Chairman, Mr. Danladi Umar, of bias and calling on him to recuse himself from the case. The motion was predicated on a 2012 case of bribery involving Umar and his Personal Assistant, Gambo Abdullahi.

On April 18, 2016, Mr. Okonkwo Afamefuna wrote the following on his Facebook wall:”I decided to read a copy of the National Grazing Reserve Bill and I was surprised at what I saw. The Bill creates a Council to be chaired by a Chairman to be appointed by the President. The Council shall have the power to take your land anywhere the land is located in the country and then pay you compensation. Your land, when taken, shall be assigned to herdsmen who shall use your land for grazing purposes. They shall bring cows to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattlemen”. This is the Sudan downloading right here in Nigeria.

My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, “My Candid Letter to Saraki.” I take everything you said in that article to heart and I must commend you for your candidness indeed and the sincerity of your intentions.
As you said in your article, you are someone I have known more by reputation than by any personal relationship, until recently when we struck up some personal acquaintance based on our shared political interests, especially during the last presidential election. However, I understand why you had to sound so defensive for knowing me at all and had to publicly map the boundaries of our relationship. We have got to that point in our country when we no longer believe that anyone could stand for anything based on principles and convictions alone. Moreover, in the growing culture of media crucifixion and presumed guilt; it is rare to find a voice like yours that calls for fairness and justice.