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Editor: I am deeply worried about the demolition of houses allegedly used for kidnapping and other crimes. This is nothing but executive lawlessness. This has been happening in some states in Nigeria. If an apartment was used to keep a hostage, an investigation should be carried out to ascertain if the landlord was behind the […]

It is commendable that our leaders now appear to be toeing the line of good judgement with respect to convocation of a Sovereign National Conference. Senate President David Mark’s speech, which he delivered to open the new legislative session on Tuesday was to an extent gratifying, marking a majour detour from the one he delivered […]

Editor: The recently released Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) report for 2011, which claimed that Ekiti State is among the most heavily indebted states is inaccurate, incorrect and political. For a Federal Government Agency to be bandying a 2011 report close to the end of 2013 (a period of two years) shows the level of statistical […]

The seven PDP rebel governors are reactionists pure and simple.Let us look at their antecedents. Rabiu Kwankwaso is a tyrant in Kano who has been sponsoring Boko Haram to bomb the Ndigbo in Sabon Gari Kano. Babangida Aliyu did not win election in 2007 in Niger State. In fact he was still a civil servant […]

Editor: “We, the members of the House of Representatives under the platform of the New PDP, hereby congratulate our leaders on the emergence of the new party. “Although a sizeable number of our members could not append their signatures because of their unavailability in the country, they will do so immediately on arrival. We the […]

Editor:On July 2nd 2013, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the umpteenth time since 2009 went on strike over the refusal of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement on the funding of Universities and a subsequent January 2012 MOU. The grounding of the Universities and paralysis of all academic and social […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hereby condemns in the strongest possible terms the organization of a parallel primary election to elect a candidate for the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra state other than the one conducted by the Party on August 24, 2013. For the avoidance of doubt, the only […]

I, Dr. Muiz Adeyemi Banire, use this medium, in my private capacity, to deplore the recent incontinent wave of kidnapping in our dear country Nigeria. The recent and most bloody kidnapping of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in Edo state, is quite alarming and frightening. It is a confirmation of the truism in the aphorism that […]

Editor: There is no doubt that unemployment is on the rise. It is also one of the major social problems affecting the growth and development of this country. Many Nigerians cannot meet the basic needs of life because they have no jobs. Graduates are being churned out yearly in various institutions with dim prospect of […]

“On Thursday, 15 August, 2013, the First Lady in conjunction with the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) acknowledged the role of women in the peace initiatives of Government and celebrated the unprecedented attainment of highly-visible positions at all levels being occupied by women in the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. But instead of […]

Sad things happen in our country. And there are days I simply turn my attention away from the sad happenstance either as President, Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL) or as a private citizen. But not the sad thing that happened in Benin-city yesterday: the public humiliation and the show-trial of the poor teacher who couldn’t […]

Editor: It is quite unfortunate that primary school teachers in Kogi State are passing through a trying time due to non-payment of their salaries. The state government introduced bio-metric capture to ascertain the number of teachers on its payroll, with promise of paying the salary after the exercise. A strike action called by the teachers’ […]