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How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers

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 […]
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MID-TERM REPORT: How has Tinubu fared?

MID-TERM REPORT: How has Tinubu fared?

· A peep into the economic, education, interior agenda · The stand-out ministry, poster boy of administration By Nnamdi Ojiego At the midpoint of his first term, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has steered Nigeria through a landscape of complex economic, security, and governance challenges. Inheriting a nation grappling with inflation, dwindling oil revenues, and persistent […]

Life without Lamorde: Widow pens emotional tribute to ex-EFCC boss

Life without Lamorde: Widow pens emotional tribute to ex-EFCC boss

The widow of DIG Ibrahim Lamorde, Maryam Tijjani Habib, has penned an emotional tribute one year after the death of her huband, a former Chairman of the EFCC. “My beloved husband, my confidant, my playmate, and my rock, your passing has left a void in my life that cannot be filled”, she wrote in a […]

Rt. Hon. Ben Kalu and The Gospel of Renewed Hope Agenda

Rt. Hon. Ben Kalu and The Gospel of Renewed Hope Agenda

By Uche Aguoru In every generation, a few men rise not just to hold office but to define the spirit of their time. Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu is one of such rare men. In a political terrain that often rewards expediency over principle, and noise over substance, Ben Kalu stands tall: calm, persuasive, strategic, […]

Cutting the Serpent’s Head: Okpella’s Monarch Takes on Cultism

Cutting the Serpent’s Head: Okpella’s Monarch Takes on Cultism

By Emameh Gabriel Our elders have a saying that “A fish cannot grow fat in troubled waters.” And the gods of our land know that the waters in Okpella have been troubled for too long. Too many of our young men have been lost to the darkness of cultism and street violence. Strong, bright boys […]

Tinubu, Obi, Fayemi and I at the Vatican, by Bianca Ojukwu

Tinubu, Obi, Fayemi and I at the Vatican, by Bianca Ojukwu

By Bianca Ojukwu The Vatican has a way of setting everyone on an even keel. I remember how dazed I was when on my last trip during the Funeral mass of Pope Francis some weeks before, when President Donald Trump had walked into the Basilica and was led to his seat at the square. A […]