SINCE the army swooped on the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly called shittes, in what the media and the political establishment including the army authorities mis-represently referred to as “clash” last December, there has been no let up in the smear campaign to tarnish these simple and ordinary Nigerian Muslims.

IN this article, I examine a critical aspect of the controversy that surrounded the delay in the passage of the 2016 Budget because of the importance it has for future budgetary processes.
The issue of interest here is: at the backdrop of Ministers who disowned aspects of the 2016 Budget which emanated from their various Ministries, could there be a limit to the power of the National Assembly in making changes to the annual budgetary estimates prepared by the Executive and placed before the National Assembly for passage?

Considering Africa’s strong cultural and belief system which downplays the position of women in social, political and economic development and the current situation, in the last one decade, significant progress has been recorded in creating equal opportunities for female gender in Africa.

What has Governor Ifeanyi Okowa done differently to foster development in Delta State within one year in office? By way of gauging public feeling in the state about this I decided to move around to interact with Deltans.

THE trending episodes of the gruesome activities of Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country have become disturbing and terrifying. They have no doubt reawakened the need for Nigerians to be security conscious at all times.