Chibok girls, Israel and Iran: A gift horse’s mouth
It is instructive that the abduction of the young girls from Chibok has unleashed a worldwide offer of assistance to Nigeria. These
Professor Shehu Jimoh: Intellectual, broadcaster, decent man
LAST week Monday, Professor Shehu Ahmad Jimoh, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, died at the age
Provisioning our military for successful counter-insurgency
Last week, I made a case for Nigerians to support our armed forces as they confront the greatest security challenge facing the
The mystifications of national security
LAST Sunday, Nigerian newspapers quoted Agency Reports, that the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) of Nigeria, in November 2013, signed
President Goodluck Jonathan’s fallouts from Chibok
“Statistics say Nigeria is the richest country in Africa, with an average annual per capita income of 1,200 pounds, great wealth in
Lumumba Di-Aping: Africa’s Hero At The Climate Conference
“We have been asked to sign a suicide pact, an incineration pact, in order to maintain the economic domination of a few
Alhaji Adamu Attah: Decency from a different era
I RETURNED to Nigeria on Sunday, May 3rd, to discover from my pack of newspapers of the previous week, that Alhaji Adamu
Bring back our girls: The worst and the best of times
NOT since the OCCUPY NIGERIA demonstrations of January 2012, against the Jonathan administration’s hike of petroleum products prices, has an event shocked
Jigawa Television, London Railways, Nigerian Railways
I am writing these lines in my hotel room, somewhere in central London, on Tuesday night. I am visiting the British capital for
National conference 2014: The Diaspora vote debate
Despite my hope and preferred choices, I was made a member of the Political Parties and Electoral Matters Committee of the National