By Ishola Adeshola If it were the enthronement of a traditional ruler, the scenario would have been photo perfect. But the nation was stunned when, the day after his inauguration as the Governor of violence ravaged Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, took a third wife at a public ceremony in Damaturu. With that singular act, […]

By Nkechi Odoma Firstly, let me start this piece by admitting that I am a proud Christian. In all my life, I strive to practice my Christian faith in consonance with the dictates of the Holy Scriptures as documented from the teachings of Jesus Christ. I am still far from meeting the minimal prescriptions as […]

“Up NEPA”! The joyful yell that formed part of the earliest memories of many a Nigerian child of my generation. But then, NEPA would only provide temporary reprieve and we were soon back to watching candlelight flames flicker until NEPA came through for us again.. That was our story in the 80s.

Whereas, the All Progressives Congress, APC, decisively won the recently concluded elections at the Presidency and also garnered a majority of seats in both Houses of the National Assembly, we wholeheartedly identify with its democratically noble desire to ensure that it’s persons whose track record and political orientation are in consonance with its plan of action for our country, that will constitute the leadership of the national legislature in the next dispensation.

It appears the last may not have been heard of the legal standoff between Godwin Obla (SAN), one of Nigeria’s foremost ex-prosecutors, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)- the same organisation Obla enthusiastically represented for several years, resulting in the recovery of several assets worth billions of Naira and various landmark decisions in favour of the EFCC.