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 […]
In Defence of Femi Fani-Kayode A True Son of His Mother’s Husband
The striking resemblance between Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Minister of Aviation and his late father is enough to convince anyone of his biological paternity. However, when the Yoruba hail a person as a ‘husband’s child’ it is not necessarily, nor limited to, a confirmation of DNA.
Peter Obi, why neglect Enugwu-Ukwu
ENUGWU-UKWU, the clan head of Umunri clan is located on big hills within the Central Senatorial District of Anambra State. This historic town has produced human and material resources that played leading roles in the economic and political history of Old Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Public service with honour
THE Advanced Learners Oxford Dictionary defines honour as great respect and admiration. The debate about what is and what is not honourable has raged through the ages and will continue to have currency as long as man inhabits planet earth.
Anthony Oye Cukwurah, pioneer in law of international boundaries (1934-2013)
AS Nigeria prepared to finally cede control of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula in August 2013, one of the principal actors in the protracted legal dispute over the territory passed on.
What manner of screening?
IN 1979, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, then the flag bearer of the Nigerian Peoples Party, NPP, failed the screening exercise of the then electoral umpire, FEDECO, for allegedly not paying his taxes as at when due, a requirement by the 1979 Constitution of the country.
