Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps
By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
Think a better Nigeria, think Atiku Abubakar
I am of the opinion that Nigeria as a nation needs an intelligent and an experienced man to steer her affairs.
Is eradication of corruption the motivating object of the on-going war?
The 15 appointments stand uncontroverted. And yet in a futile attempt to controvert the incontrovertible, the President, responding to a newspaper report that 81 of 100 appointments made by him were from the North, published a list of 159 appointments made by him, 85 of which were from the South and 74 from the North
Between Akpabio and Udom Emmanuel
IT is a known fact that Senator Godswill Akpabio supported Mr. Udom Emmanuel as his successor. The ‘uncommon transformation’ of Akwa Ibom State, however, came at a huge price: A huge debt profile. Whereas the debt is impeding the smooth running of the state, it takes a thoroughbred technocrat and financial manager of international repute such as the incumbent governor to keep Akwa Ibom afloat, paying salaries as and when due and still attending to numerous aspects of statecraft.
APC as an agent of change in 2019 in Udu and Delta state at large
As we keep on singing the change mantra, we urge all and sundry to key into this vision and it can only be reality in Delta State come 2019 if we divulge our mind from eating only today syndrome but securing our tomorrow.
Hameed ‘The Magic’ Ali: A justification for Buhari’s choice
President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power on the strength of his integrity. What many may not have known then is that, among his other qualities as a leader, he is also tenacious.
