Kogi West Constituents have insisted that Senator Dino Melaye representing the constituency, must be recalled. Addressing journalists in Lokoja on Wednesday, the leader of the group leading the aggrieved constituents, Honourable Olowo Cornelius stated that the Senator should be patient for the verification exercise to know whether or not those he claimed as dead were... Read More

All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi West, ODA, Odi, Okun Development Association, Okun Development Initiative, Olowo Cornelius, Senator Dino Melaye

June 9, 2016

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Okey Ndibe: Nigeria’s strange business of corpses

by Okey Ndibe I’m deeply troubled by what appears to me to be Nigeria’s growing industry of making and exhibiting corpses. The Nigerian state – represented by its police and military – continues to refine its capacity for the production of corpses. It’s as if, by the day, the state’s expertise in killing its subjects becomes... Read More

militant, Military, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Odi, Okey Ndibe, olusegun obasanjo, Politics, Zaria

May 10, 2013

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Why are the World Bank and IMF praising us? – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze “An attack on the King’s soldier is an attack on the King himself.” The above statement was made by an unnamed English magistrate sent by Edward I (1239 – 1307) to pacify the Scots when they dared rebel against English rule. As a King, Edward (nicknamed Longshanks because of his height) was... Read More

Badagry, Baga, Cheta Nwanze, IMF, NUJ, Odi, ThisDay, World Bank, Zaki Biam

May 6, 2013

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Okey Ndibe: Nigria is a nation at war with its people

by Okey Ndibe Nigeria has actually been in a state of war for several years now, but there appears a conspiracy to conceal that fact. Nigeria is crashing all around us and tottering towards a failed state. Yet, the custodians and squanderers of the country’s oil wealth in Abuja and elsewhere keep behaving as if... Read More

Abuja, Amansea, Baga, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, JTF, Maina Lawan, MASSOB, MEND, Niger Delta, nigeria, Odi, Okey Ndibe, OPC, PDP, Ralph Uwazurike, Wole Soyinka, Zaki Biam

April 28, 2013

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Simon Kolawole: Militancy and the politics of hypocrisy

by Simon Kolawole Speaking out against injustice and highhandedness, no matter what part of the country is at the receiving end, is a better way of building a nation. One phenomenon that, if you ask, should worry all of us is the way we debate national issues without applying the same principles across board. What... Read More

Baga, boko haram, Gbaramatu, Goodluck Jonathan, hypocrisy, insurgency, militancy, Odi, olusegun obasanjo, Politics, simon kolawole, terrorism, Zaki Biam

April 10, 2013

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Okey Ndibe: Dancing with ghosts, ignoring the dead

by Okey Ndibe In an ideal situation, the government would insist on prosecuting those who make it their business to terrorize, maim and murder. But a compelling counter argument can be deployed: the Nigerian state is, in fact, the most ferocious terrorist operating within the Nigerian space. Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan took a step... Read More

Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, Amnesty, boko haram, Borno, damaturu, Goodluck Jonathan, JTF, maiduguri, Odi, Sultan of Sokoto, yobe, Zaki Biam

July 13, 2012

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Fani-Kayode preaches against dialogue with Boko Haram

by Isi Esene The former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has gone spiritually ballistic on the Boko Haram radical sect. He was reacting to news that reported the dreaded Islamic sect claiming responsibility for the attacks on Christians in Plateau State over the weekend, most of who were women and children. Fani-Kayode fumed, “We are slow to anger... Read More

Abu Qaqa, boko haram, Femi Fani-Kayode, Odi, security, terrorism

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Fani-Kayode preaches against dialogue with Boko Haram

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