PDP’s costly retraction
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a decision on Monday, November 3 which suggested that members of its decision making organ are no more...
Abba and policing in a democracy
On Tuesday, November 4, President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed Suleiman Abba as substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP). He did after approval was given at...
Time to make amends
Eleven days from now, Nigerians who are fortunate to live up to 12 midnight on December 31 will say good bye to 2015.
They will...
Nigeria now a killing field?
A popular refrain today in Nigeria is “don’t allow yourself to be killed.” Everywhere you go: from East to West, South or North, “don’t...
Jonathan and enemies within
The enemies within can be dangerous. The phenomenon is old and real and has the semblance of betrayal. Every society has its own fair...
Will new IGP, Idris, be up to scratch?
At a brief ceremony at Louis Edet House (otherwise called Force Headquarters) in Abuja on Wednesday, June 22, out-gone Inspector General of Police (IGP),...
Seventh NASS of bad influence
Talk is cheap”.
That was my reaction last week when I watched former Senate spokesman, Jonathan Zwingina, rap lawmakers on the impending inauguration of eighth...
Well done, South East governors
The late Michael Okpara, Premier of the then Eastern Region, acquitted himself very well that many years after his passing, his achievements are still...
African leaders’ election annulment mentality
Absurd things happen in Africa. Leaders deploy impunity in politics. They dream up impunity and stop at nothing to invoke it to have their...
Fall of Jonathan’s men
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries have come and gone, but the performance of Jonathan’s men will dominate public discourse for years to come....
