For Deborah Samuel, Dave Imoh and others: Justice, Not Jesting
BY KEN UGBECHIE You saw the video. You saw human beings transmute to wild beasts, a happy mob. Happy to kill in the most gruesome manner; happy to make a…
Marwa at NDLEA: Bursting the barons, crushing the cartel
May 2, 2022 There are very few heads of parastatals and agencies that make Nigerians still believe there is a government in power. Mohammed Buba Marwa, Chairman of the Nigeria…
Presidency 2023: Will Okowa answer the call?
Ken Obayagbon Within the receding months, certain groups – political and socio-cultural groups including professional bodies – have been mounting pressure on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta to throw his…
Stop the Killings in the South East, We’re the Losers – Osita Chidoka
April 5, 2022 Days ago, two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps were brutally murdered in the ongoing macabre orgy of violence by the strangely named Unknown Gunmen. Their…
Abba Kyari: Hard to keep banana away from the monkey
Ken Ugbechie; February 20, 2022 Abba Alhaji Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is at his own Golgotha. A man designated by the Nigerian media as a Super Cop has…
Anyim @ 61 – Readier for more service to Nigeria
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO MANY who pontificate on former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim barely know him. Those who do will tell you of a man whose 61 years have been…
Pius Anyim’s ultimate dream at 61, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
February 18, 2022 Senator Anyim Pius Anyim will mark his 61st birthday on February 19, coming after his Diamond jubilee last year. It is a remarkable milestone because it is…
Corruption as a national staple, by Ken Ugbechie
January 30, 2022 Transparency International (IT) is a kill-joy global agency. It’s a bringer of bad news. Every year, it tells the world that Nigeria is corrupt. That public sector…
Governor Uzodimma’s politics of development, by Nkechi Obiagor
January 23, 2022 Imo State government has begun the implementation of the 2022 budget of N381.4 billion. It is tagged Budget of Wealth Consolidation and Recovery (The People’s Budget). The…
Politics of Rice Pyramids: The Goose and the Goslings
January 23, 2022 You don’t play politics with people’s stomach. Displaying bags of paddy rice when the people are hungry, cannot access and afford same rice is the most ill-advised…