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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Saturday be representing Nigeria at an emergency meeting of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), holding in Lome, the capital city of Togo. The meeting is to take...

President Buhari's declaration to re-contest for second term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a classic example of lack of principle on the part of Mr. President. It is also a manifestation of the postulation of...

One man who has not hidden his intention to govern Rivers State in the past fifteen years is Dumo Lulu Briggs. Unlike the many others contending for the office of the Governor of Rivers State, he does not come...

The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative,...

I take my cue for this write-up from THISDAY newspaper’s lead story of Friday, April 6, 2018 with the banner headline: “Jostling for APC Chairmanship Begins, Oyegun, Oshiomhole, Ebri Emerge Contenders…”  My intervention is not a confirmation of any...

Those who know the defeated 2015 All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, should extend help to him before he totally unhinges and destroy the last of whatever is left of his public...

Overtime, I have observed the character of terrorism as a complex, unpredictable and dynamic phenomenon. Terrorists are very determined rebels, who hardly flinch like Lucifer in perpetrating evil and atrocities. They have a resolve that is almost unbreakable and exhibit...

One common and usual refrain among loyalists and supporters of Nigerian leaders in the past decade is that the particular leader in question, ‘means well for the country’. The issue of meaning well is often brought in to counter...

General Tukur Yusuf Buratai will on April 12th 2018 launch the updated Army headquarters directives on standing rules of engagement, use of force as well as detention and interrogation. The event which is entirely a military event but will however be symbolically...

I was surprised that some people seemed surprised that Buhari decided to seek re-election. I have always maintained that it will be unthinkable for any President of the country to forgo the opportunity of seeking re-election – even if...