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The road to Azumini

The road to Azumini
April 1, 2013 No Comments »

The day before the Easter – known as the Holy Saturday – and the Easter day itself have a reputation as days when people should not adventure very far afield. That is why not many people would casually fix a ... Read More »

Beyond Alamieyeseigha’s pardon

Beyond Alamieyeseigha’s pardon
March 18, 2013 4 Comments »

Apart the election of the 266th pope by the College of Cardinals at the Vatican last week, the other event that occupied public attention and raised several decibels of noise in Nigeria, was the executive pardon granted the former governor ... Read More »

The Idris Wada example

The Idris Wada example
January 7, 2013 4 Comments »

At the twilight days of last year, the auto convoy of Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, was involved in a very ghastly road accident, which cost the life of his aide-de-camp and inflicted very serious injuries on him, ... Read More »

Who needs a tattered police?

Who needs a tattered police?
December 17, 2012 3 Comments »

Two events of last week unnerved me to no end and both revolve around the Nigeria Police. Somehow, they happened towards the end of the year, when, as a routine, I usually write about the Police because of its central ... Read More »

The bitter truth about EFCC

The bitter truth about EFCC
December 3, 2012 4 Comments »

Last week, my friend and kinsman, Dr. Livi Obijiofor, in his column, “Insights” poured out his venom against what he saw as the ‘hopelessness’ of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, under Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde. In his piece, entitled, “A ... Read More »

After Ikemba, the wilderness…

After Ikemba, the wilderness…
November 26, 2012 8 Comments »

Today, November 26th, marks exactly one year that Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the Ikemba Nnewi and the erstwhile general of the Peoples Army of the defunct Republic of Biafra, and by those tokens, the late leader and icon of the Igbo ... Read More »