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Governance not guns will secure West Africa

By Lawal Farouq A recent West Africa Security Retreat has warned that lasting peace will come not from firepower but from accountable institutions, resilient governance, and the trust of citizens. West Africa has been fighting insecurity for decades, yet the region remains trapped in a cycle of violence. Extremist groups regroup after defeats, criminal networks adapt […]
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Anambra ahead of 2014

IN two years time, the office of the Governor of Anambra State will be vacant. By then Governor Peter Obi, now in his second term in office, would have spent eight years.

How to mortgage the future of Edo State

IN Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s supplementary budget submitted to the Edo State House of Assembly towards the close of 2011, he requested for, among other things, N7.2 billion for debt servicing.

Tie between Urhobo and Anioma

THE point to begin the story of my political journey is unarguably my meeting with David Edevbie. I told my wife when I was leaving home for Ikoyi for that meeting that I would get on famously with this man.

Osun: Promoting religious tolerance and diversity

ONE of the major crises the Federal Government of Nigerian has been facing in the last eight years is religion. It has stretched the unity of the country to its limit as politicians have, since the inception of the Fourth Republic, gone beyond limit, using it as an instrument to acquire political relevance, therefore, creating acrimony between people who ordinarily lived together harmoniously.

Akwa Ibom: A model of good governance

IN the almost five years that Chief Godswill Akpabio has been on the saddle as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the state has witnessed unprecedented infrastructural and human capital development that many people who have followed development in the state since its creation in the last 24 years have marvelled at the quantum leap.

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