By Azu Ishiekwene When Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army, all his mother, Hassana, could do was pray. Three years ago, Ali’s younger brother, Jamilu, a captain, had been killed in action by bandits in
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By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Those who say if we do not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria know what they are saying! Not only is the case of corruption killing Nigeria futuristic, it has already happened to us; only that Nigeria is yet to be buried. Corruption, we have always had with […]
By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. I still find it hard to believe that Igbos are given to tribalism where productivity and National politics is concerned. That’s my position in view of the volume of money in custody of Emefiele. Had Emefiele been a Yoruba man, he would have been supported in his corruption venture by the […]
By Hassan Gimba This article is a repeat as it was first published on November 1, 2020. Palliative–this ten-letter word has taken over our national discourse displacing #EndSARS. Considering how the #EndSARS protests threatened the very fabric of our existence, no one will think anything will supplant it with such ease and in such record […]
By Mary Ekpo Brave enough to be an honorable man? It doesn’t matter what the civilization or a feminist says. Our Country, our families and society is in desperate need of honorable men. One major reason that our country is in the state that it is in is because of the lack of honorable men. […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Readers of my columns would by now be familiar with my advocacy for State Police. I have said ad nauseam and ad infinitum that it is an idea whose time has come. State Police, no doubt, will come with its challenges – is there any idea without its own […]