By Abraham Otigba Nollywood, Nigeria’s home movie industry is getting enriched every day, with new actors and actresses. I love it’s comedy brand passionately because of it’s exhilarating treats. When ace comedy actors like Nkem Owoh,. Francis Odega, Mr. Ibu ( John Okafor) and the real stamp of comedy, Sam Loco ( of blessed memory) […]
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Buratai: Nigerian Army’s symbol of discipline
By Nkechi Odoma The office of the Chief of Army Staff ( COAS) is powerful anywhere by every yardstick of perception. The occupant of the exalted office, and in the case of Nigeria now, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai who wears a second heavier badge as leader, counter- insurgency operations is an influential personality by […]
El- Zakzakky’s one chance trip to India
By Philip Agbese The supremo of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim el-Zakzaky finally had his wish to travel abroad for medical treatment granted. This should ordinarily have been a good development, especially in a country where the perception is that getting treatment abroad is the ultimate when healthcare is concerned. But for […]
Buhari’s decision that changed Boko Haram narrative
By David Onmeje A South African adage says;” Even an ant can hurt an elephant.” So, on May 29, 2015, when President Muhammadu Buhari took the oath of office as Nigeria’s democratic leader, it was clear, his first, second and third immediate priorities centered on ending Boko Haram terrorism. It was not controvertable even to […]
The renaming of Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi
By Justin Amase The renaming of Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi to Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University is a fitting though belated tribute and honour to one of Nigeria’s greatest and most outstanding political engineers and leaders. Both President Buhari who ensured the realisation of this project and Senator George Akume who firmly supported Rt. Hon. […]
Civil society condemns attacks, clampdown, arbitrary arrest, detention
Since return of democracy in 1999 and particularly following the 2019 general elections, the citizens were very hopefully of renewed vigor in addressing the myriad of problems bedeviling the country ranging from intensification of insecurity, the deepening of corruption, growing poverty and unemployment as well as flagrant and frequent disrespect of the rule of law. Nigerians believed […]
Text of address by NACCIMA National President at 2019 AGJES
GOODWILL MESSAGE BY HAJIYA SARATU IYA ALIYU, NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, MINES AND AGRICULTURE (NACCIMA) DURING THE 2019 AFRICAN GEMS AND JEWELRY EXHIBITION AND SEMINAR (AGJES) AT THE CONVENTION CENTRE, OF THE ABUJA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRY (ACCI), 8TH – 9TH AUGUST 2019 PROTOCOL On behalf of […]
Memo to joint Army/Police panel on Taraba IRT deaths
By Babatunde Olanrewaju The Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) set up a joint investigation panel to unravel circumstances leading to the death of three members of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the police, which President Buhari subsequently asked the Defence Headquarters to take over. It is noteworthy that the evidence needed […]
Appreciating the elasticity limit of the Nigerian Army
By Frank Itodo In the annals of the Nigerian Army, it has never been this tough. The crisis in North-East Nigeria is taking its toll, and this calls for concern from all critical stakeholders. That we have managed to stay secured remains a mystery because the Nigerian Army has been stretched thin in the […]
Timi Frank’s ineffectual revisionism
By Oluwakemi Iyiola One way to know a struggling publication or one seeking relevance is the tendency to feature one Timi Frank, presently posturing as an activists but prior to was roaming the media landscape with the expired designation of “former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC)”until it became apparent that […]