When President Goodluck Jonathan first proclaimed State of Emergency in Adamawa State on May 18th, I objected to the policy as being unfair to the people of the state. Now, having lived one month under emergency rule, and after having very carefully gone through the provisions of the constitution, I can categorically state that the action is also unconstitutional. In addition, given the legal implications ...

The title of this article would come as a surprise to many, especially those who know me and how much I have supported the candidature of General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) since the 2003 election when he decided to join the race for the presidency. But if they understand the saying that life is all about change, they will see sense in the reason why I have taken the position expressed in this piece. I grew up ...

The declaration of the state of emergency by President Jonathan Goodluck in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa is desperate but uncalled for. It is a fruitless exercise that will neither lead to peace nor assist in ending the violence that has bedeviled some parts of northern Nigeria. It is an admission of failure on the side of the government to fashion out ways of addressing or tackling the root causes ...

  Provocative! Indecent!! Abusive!!! These are the most appropriate words we can find to describe the language unfortunately employed by the Anambra State commissioner for Works, Arc Callistus Ilozumba to pollute a civilised debate on the Anambra State soapbox, dutifully flagged off by none but the founder of New Anambra State-liberated from the psychology of civil war defeat and the cave-holes of expl ...

Last week,  the security of the nation was once again put under severe test by the dreaded boko haram sect. In separate but co-ordinated attacks by the terrorist group 55 people including soldiers, policemen, prison officials and unarmed civilians were brutally  killed in Bama, Borno state. The Bama  prison was attacked leading to the illegal  release of 105 prisoners. In a similar tragic incident, a cult g ...

For obvious reasons, we have decided to ignore the several mouthy effusions of a turn-coat politician of Dan Orbih’s ilk not because we do not have something to say, but because we know his pitiable trajectory in life, the antecedents of his upbringing and the political “bouncing ball” mentality of his godfathers, gathering no moss like a rolling stone. For the purpose of keeping the records straight, this ...

A group with the name, Middle Belt Dialogue has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan against an unconditional pardon for the islamist sect, Boko Haram. The body in an open letter signed by its leader, Emmanuel Alamu and sent to Mr Jonathan today also catalogued all the killings so far carried out across the country by the sect as a bitter reminder of its atrocities against christians. The letter obtained b ...

If you have ever wondered why our so called leaders treat us with so much disdain and neglect, the statement credited to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River state at a public function recently should give you an idea of what is behind it. At a symposium organised by The Future Awards, TFA to brainstorm on how to find solutions to some of Nigeria’s problems, the governor was quoted to have said that there could ...

The Anti-Corruption Network has reminded President Goodluck Jonathan of its petition one week ago in which it chronicled cases of flagrant abuse of office and incompetence against the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke. In that petition, the group urged Mr. Jonathan, if his anti-corruption claims are genuine, to fire the Minister. “We are also aware that for you to make good success of ...

Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the Leadership Newspaper  titled “Statement on the Arrest and Detention of LEADERSHIP journalists” (April 10), the latest episode in the matters arising from the same newspaper’s publication of an alleged “Presidential Directive” which we have had cause to disavow because the basis of the story proved to have been a dubious ‘bromide’ containing nothing more tha ...