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 […]
Tributes to my brother and friend
Mike and I met at the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) as young cadets in 1967, and we became inseparable course mates, friends and confidants. Together, we confronted the challenges of those days with determination to make success of our lives.
LASTMA and Lagos roads to Hell
TO some people, mere mention of Hell fills them with grief or relief depending on which side of the divide you belong. While to some, there is nothing like Hell not to mention Heaven. This also depends on one’s faith.
The deflated balloons of Anambra State
The mass media have been described as the Fourth Estate of the Realm in a democratic society. This is because of its importance in educating, informing and enlightening the populace about the goings on in the other three arms – Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
Christmas and wanton revelry
The reason for the Christmas season is the commemoration of the glorious birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus the Christ. Although, the exact date of His birth remains an issue of great scholastic saber-rattling, one infallible truth that stands with unshakeable firmness is that Christ is the immaculate quintessence of love.
Does the Central Bank of Nigeria really care?
The central bank is an institution that manages a nation’s currency, money supply and interest rates. It also usually oversees the commercial banking system of this country. In contrast to a commercial bank, the central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the amount of money in the nation, and usually also prints the national currency.
