“Compel IGP Egbetokun To Make Bail A Truly Free Affair In Our Country” – Nowinta Challenges President Tinubu “Commends CSOs In Edo & Delta For Launching “The Bail Is Free Campaign In Asaba” Abuja, Nigeria. By Williams Adesoji Prominent Nigerian…
UNDER one week, the Nigerian military has made twin twitches of weak defense of its lagging responses to the sweeping terrorist attacks that have enveloped the country on an unprecedented scale, leading to mass slaughtering of hapless citizens and…
Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is a PhD holder in Agricultural Economics. He has very intimidating credentials as a globally respected technocrat and scholar. Since the year 2015 he has been the president of the Africa Development Bank (AFDB) the monetary…
In today’s Nigeria, you don’t need to look far to find a lie—just turn on the news, attend a political rally, scroll through Instagram, or listen to your neighbour’s “breakthrough testimony.” Lies have become a tool of survival, a…
THE most frustrating and embarrassing news swirling through media space came from the Defence Headquarters yesterday. The military is ‘blaming foreign herders for deadly attacks in Benue, Plateau and other regions of the country due to lax and porous…
SINCE 2009, when the office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) was formed, different heads have spearheaded it. Still, none can be said to have faced opposition and detractors from various angles like the one being faced by the…
At about 20:30Hrs on this day in 2014, I was released by kidnappers after a most traumatic experience. The night before, I was served strokes of a thorny cane on my bare back. About 10:00Hrs this day, I was…
INTRODUCTION The theme of this lecture couldn’t be more apt given the cocktail of challenges which continue to bedevil our dear country almost 65 years after political independence from Britain. The list is so familiar that it has almost…
WAKING up in the morning and listening to Bendel Broadcasting Service (BBS), you would be inundated and perhaps serenaded by beautiful music from the oldies. Bongos Ikwue was an extraordinary artiste. The Benue-born artiste released many hits that captured…
THE recent events in Delta State and the wave of defections from the PDP to the APC have indeed signposted major concerns about the state of democracy in Nigeria. The book “How Democracies Die” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel…
