As public servants loot our treasury and Boko Haram wreaks havoc and spills innocent blood, many are asking, ‘why do we pay taxes?’ Between Thursday last week and Monday this week, there have been at least five bomb blasts followed by gun shots by people suspected to be members of Boko Haram. Close to 50 [...]
Nobody thought it could turn this bad but the thoughtlessness of those who should know better may destroy our fragile unity. The bombing and deaths of the innocent should prick our national conscience yet we seem content to fiddle while the country burns. Calls for a national conference have been ignored yet not solution has [...]
The National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoye Azazi (retd) hit the nail on the head at the 2nd Southsouth Economic Forum last Friday when he said the internal workings of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were partly the cause of the Boko Haram terrorist attacks in the Northern part of the country. We are [...]
It was a gruesome crime of passion. A man in Lagos, who accused his 36-year old wife of having an affair with his father, returned home on Saturday, 7 April, filled with rage. As if he wanted to iron clothes, he reached for an extremely hot pressing iron and heartlessly placed it on his wife’s [...]
When Nigerians protested against the removal of fuel subsidy in January, so many insults were hurled at the protesters while government officials tried to justify the removal as the only way to move the country forward. Some Nigerians even argued that there was actually no subsidy to remove, pointing out the sharp practices of the [...]
Once again, traffic gridlock on Lagos roads are making living in the state such a nightmare. And with the rains having come, the situation has indeed worsened. We are of the view that something has to be done to ease the pain caused by avoidable traffic jams that are slowly killing Lagosians. An urgent intervention [...]
The recent resuscitation of Radio Biafra broadcasting from London has elicited joy among many Igbos of Eastern Nigeria. The revival of the radio station is coming at a time the Igbo nation is clamouring to be allowed to take a shot at the Presidency. Indeed, it is only the Igbo ethnic nationality that is yet [...]
