How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers
By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating […]
Re: The FRSC: A cartoonish road safety agency
The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been drawn to a write up online on Saturday, 9 November 2019 titled, “The FRSC: A Cartoonish Safety Agency,” by Ugoji Egbujo, which no forward-looking organisation could afford to ignore, not in self-defence, but for commitment to best practice and country’s general economic growth; also […]
Boko Haram: Taming of a monster
By Dan Abakpa In September 2014, the Presidency served a pyrrhic victory to Nigerians over claims that it has killed Boko Haram’s most vicious leader, Abubakar Shekau. The public statement excited Nigerians but sadly turned out to be a ruse like previous such claims in July 2009 and another in late June 2013. The then […]
Audit Bill and the fight against corruption
ONE of the cardinal agenda of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the war against corruption. In fact, his desire to fight corruption was among the factors that gave him an edge in the election.
NDDC and the new realities
Henry Kissinger, a renowned former US diplomat said the success of any government is its ability to bring about new realities.When President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a forensic audit into the activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, little did political influencers in the region imagine that it would come to fruition. When he took a further step by directing the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to inaugurate an interim management committee to create the enabling environment for the audit, hell was let loose.
A case for Africa’s hospitality industry
At the 2019 edition of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), which was held in Ethiopia last September, delegates from across the African hospitality sector were toasting to a bumper year for African tourism and travel.
