Low prison population masks high crime rate
Recent figures convey the impression that Nigeria is safer than Switzerland, reputed to be the safest country in the world. With a population of...
South East has benefitted from Jonathan’s reign – Orji
Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji,believes the South East has benefitted from the Presidency of Goodluck Jonathan and wants the zone to give him more...
How Akande, Tinubu lost APC hold in South East
South East protagonists are blaming both the All Progressives Congress (APC) interim National Chairman, Bisi Akande, and one of its national leaders, Bola Tinubu,...
UK police shun Diamond Bank’s N6b bad loan case
Okogbule recounted how the portfolio investors obtained an unsecured loan of N6 billion from Diamond Bank in 2007, a sum he alleged the bank...
Electricity consumers want EKEDC licence revoked
Consumers want Abuja to revoke the licence of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for its inability to serve Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, and for...
Corruption not Nigeria’s biggest problem – Nwabueze
Ben Nwabueze, a professor of constitutional law and statesman,has taken another look at Nigeria and concluded, yet again – like most commenters, alive, or...
Boko Haram’s war against children in school
Horrors of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, which spewed the massacre at the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State on February...
Confab: North vs South: Will things fall apart?
Before now, it seemed only some sections of southern Nigeria wanted to go their own way; but with the commencement of the confab, developments...
Ethnic nationalities best suited to negotiate terms of Nigeria’s unity
There are four sets of stakeholders in the Nigerian project: the ethnic nations, the interest groups – some 47 of whom are mentioned in...
Oloko community alleges bribery in centenary awards
Indigenes of Oloko in Abia State are still angry over the failure of Abuja to include the late Ikonna Enyia in the centenary awards...
