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 […]
Peace Talk With Bandits: Was Matawalle right all along?
I remember while as Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle adopted many approaches to the banditry plaguing his state
Ilorin should start acting like Ibadan
By Rotimi Sulyman In my days as a reporter, I once had the pleasure of sharing a space with former Minister of Justice, late Chief Bola Ige. The location was one arts centre at Victoria Island, Lagos at a singer, Beautiful Nubia’s event. Prior to that time, I knew Chief Ige by media reports, with […]
Tinubu, June 12 and the journey toward national reconciliation
By SAMUEL OROVWUJE Every June 12, Nigeria pauses to remember a turning point in its democratic history — the 1993 presidential election annulled by military President Ibrahim Babaginda despite being the freest and fairest the nation has witnessed. The date now stands as a symbol of resistance, sacrifice, and the indomitable will of the Nigerian people […]
Fencing Nigeria’s borders: A strategic imperative for national security
By UMAR BALA On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, I attended the inaugural Voice of Nigeria, VON, Security Summit in Abuja, themed “Renewed Hope Agenda: Citizens’ Engagement and National Security.” I was privileged to be among the selected youth participants who engaged directly with the keynote speaker, General Christopher Musa, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff. In […]
Saluting Uncle Sam at 90, By Mohammed Haruna
As columnist using the pen name Sad Sam, his popular weekly column, “This Nigeria” in the Sunday Times which he also edited, was a must read
