Alex Ekwueme, Nigeria's venerable vice president from 1979 to 1983, gave up the ghost in a London hospital last November 19. It has taken me a whole two months to write a tribute in his memory because I have...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked the Federal Government to administer justice to victims of herdsmen attacks and convey the sense of equity to restore confidence among the people.
President of the Bar Association, Mr Abubakar Mahmoud who is...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, says the government’s efforts at achieving national security, including the fight against insurgency in the North-East, would be meaningless without food security.
He made the disclosure during the presentation of farm...
At least four gunmen have launched an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, Afghan officials say.
Special forces killed two of the attackers, an interior ministry spokesman said, and are trying to get to the others.
The gunmen stormed the hotel on...
The U.S. government shut down at midnight on Friday after Democrats and Republicans, locked in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security, failed to agree on a last-minute deal to fund its operations.
But both sides may now be...
These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Taraba, and Benue states, among others. Of course, there had been gruesome carnage on the Mambilla...
I was very rudely awakened from a deep sleep today's wee hours by a rash of text messages that boozed noisily for nearly a minute.
These messages were six in number and came in torrents from family members and friends...
Last year I travelled to Kano. It was actually my second time and the circumstances were a bit different. In the first instance, I was passing through to another state in the North, and for anyone who has read...
Preparations would have reached top gears for the celebration of the 79th birthday celebration of the late former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Onaolapo Adesina if he were alive. He was born January 20th, 1939. Baba Lam was...
Governments, the UN and human rights groups step up advocacy
When Moses Swaray stepped onstage to sing “Amazing Grace” in the auditorium of the Unity Conference Centre in Monrovia, Liberia, the audience, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, stood up to...
