2015 : Delta North, Drunk with Success, but Sick with Ambition
The great puzzle before the anioma nation today, is if there are ready to trade their sure success with their sick ambition. It was Dwight Eisenhower that said “There are…
Shocking Ordeal of A Sex Slave
The experience of Ifekoya Adejoke is as harrowing as it is heart-breaking. Lured by a false promise of ‘greener pastures’ abroad, the young Nigerian ended up a merciless victim of…
Riding The Tiger Tail
The macho in our security men only come to the fore when they are confronting ‘bloody civilians’ and only when they are on an errand for Goodluck Jonathan and the…
The Hunters, the Witches and the Nigerian Army
The Indians have a proverb that literally means, “Your future does not depend on the lines of your hands, because people who do not have hands also have a future”.…
Benue’s Unprecedented Debt Profile Under Governor Gabriel Suswam
In 2005, the Nigerian government through the intervention of world leaders received debt forgiveness to the tune of $18 billion from the Paris Club. Benue State also enjoyed debt relief…
Falling Oil Prices: The Rainy Day is here!
From Qatar to Kuwait all the way to Venezuela, and even Nigeria, one sound rings clear on the balance sheets of these countries: revenue from oil is declining. The drastic…
As Jonathan sets benchmark on clean campaigns…
Reactions to what was a hugely successful declaration by the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, early in the week, may not come to an end anytime soon. The President, who was…
Oshiomhole and Amaechi’s Race for VP slot
These are quite ridiculous times politically speaking with all manner of nonsense coming out from politicians as they seek to outdo one another in this rat race they dress up…
Tambuwal: When a turncoat talks without thinking
Aminu Tambuwal, the turncoat Speaker of the House of Representatives, is reported to have made disparaging remarks against his erstwhile political platform, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck…
Synagogue Inquest: Oh What a Tangled Web Lagos Weaves
Recent revelations have left questions about the credibility of the witnesses at the Lagos State Government Inquest into The Synagogue Building disaster accentuated rather than assuaged. In a previous article,…