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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 […]
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A wake up call for African leaders

AT a rally in Chinhoyi, his home province, AT a rally in Chinhoyi, his home province,  President Robert Mugabe told thousands of jubilant supporters that he won’t be stepping down and no other Zimbabwean had the political stature to take over from him. The 93 year old ‘sit tight’ president had just returned from his third medical trip to Singapore this year alone. Perhaps, president Mugabe might need to revisit his independence speech delivered in 1980 when he declared that “the wrongs of the past must stand forgiven and forgotten.

Jerusalem: Hot bed of endless conflict

ACCORDING to some Christian leaders Jesus wept because, being God himself, he knew that the fickle minded Jews of Jerusalem who were shouting “Hosanna!” as he entered the city would almost immediately make a full 360 degree turn in conspiracy with the religious elite and cry “Crucify Him!”

Boko Haram: Open letter to Borno people

I have deliberately quoted the above verse from the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam since the majority of Borno People are Muslims without ignoring the fact that there are other communities and towns within the state that are predominantly Non-Muslims.

ANAMBRA: Before the PDP primaries

The month will decide the fate of Anambra State, politically as the parties elect the candidates that will fly their flags in the forthcoming governorship election.

Curbing robbers menace on Benin – Lagos expressway

MOST road travellers will remember with nostalgia the food delicacies they used to enjoy around the Ogbemudia Farm axis on Benin-Lagos expressway while on such long journeys. This nostalgic feeling has today melted into oblivion, sadness and melancholy as the area has been turned into a nightmare for road travellers on account of armed robbery attacks.

Buhari: ResumeOrResign protests and the necessity of truth – Ndukwe

It is 96 days today since the president, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, left the shores of our country for medical vacation in the UK. Adding the about 50 days he had earlier spent on the same vacation, General Buhari has spent a cumulative of about 150 days and still counting outside the shores of the country. 

NFIA Bill: Antidote to Collapse of Anti-Graft War

The suspension of Nigeria and a further threat to expel it from Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in July placed the nation in a fix on the survival or otherwise of the war against corruption which is a cardinal programme of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. 

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