As the castle of Journalism where I had been secure for two decades crashed earlier this year into bricks and rubble, exposing my life to whirlwind, tornado and tsunami, my inner eyes did not foresee another sunrise, not a sunrise on Sunday, August 26, 2018, my birthday. I could not imagine a sunrise in a […]Continue Reading
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over arms build up in the country following the interception of Nigeria-bound arms in South Africa. A statement today by its spokesman, Mr Yekini Nabena, said the arms seizure was a red flag for security agencies to be very vigilant as the country approaches the next […]Continue Reading
… In Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan… Terrorist organisations that harbour anti-establishment, anti-West, anti-Christian and anti-Semitic ideologies have stepped up their attacks, recording sinful successes and forcing back the hand of the clock where successes seemed to have been recorded in the last few years. In Nigeria, for instance, there have been more than five Continue Reading
The United Nations Security Council report on the state of terrorist groups in the Levant (Syria and Iraq), Middle East, Europe, Africa, South-East Asia, Central and South Asia elicited diverse reactions in Nigeria. Prominence was given to the speculation that the Federal Government parted with huge sums as ransom to secure the release of 105 […]Continue Reading
Many innovative issues dealt with by the National Assembly in the Electoral Act No.6 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2017 may not feature in the 2019 general elections as President Muhammadu Buhari has kept the bill in abeyance since April 2018. Senate President Bukola Saraki alluded to the delay in signing the bill into law in the […]Continue Reading
The sacked Director-General of the Department of State Security Lawal Daura cut the image of an all-powerful, obstinate and beyond-the-law official who could defy the president, the legislature and the judiciary. That was until Acting President Yemi Osinbajo gave him the boot which forced him to fall belly up on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. There […]Continue Reading
Senate President Bukola Saraki has to work hard to retain his seat against the fury of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently should not deal a fatal blow to his political career. Also, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, will be hitting his […]Continue Reading
In spite of the groundswell on agitations for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to lower the age bar to enable young Nigerians to scale it and contest the presidency, only 9 out of about 40 aspirants that have shown interest in the top are below the age of 40. President Muhammadu Buhari, on June […]Continue Reading
In February, a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt remanded in prison custody one Pastor Chidebere Okoroafor, who claimed to be the founder of the Altar of Solution Church. His offence? The so-called man of God was alleged to have killed a 25-year- old pregnant woman and two others. Shamefully, the man 32-year-old ‘pastor’ […]Continue Reading
Senator Ahmed Makarfi is a former governor of Kaduna State, who also served as the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and now one of the over 12 presidential aspirants of the party. In this interview, the two-term senator speaks on issues surrounding his party’s presidential ticket, his chances […]Continue Reading
Adegboye Onigbinde, a former CAF/FIFA Coaching Instructor and ex-Super Eagles Technical Adviser, has warned the team to be wary of Argentina in their final Group D match on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match slated for St. Petersburg will determine the Eagles’ progress at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in […]Continue Reading
How it spites IBB Why Gani also received the highest honour reserved for justices The 2019 connection The Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) is the highest national honour in Nigeria. Traditionally, it is reserved for a former occupant of the Office of the President of Nigeria. President Buhari is inadvertently […]Continue Reading