Nigeria’s South East geopolitical zone has courted global notoriety for the multipronged crimes and criminality which has festered over the years. In several public engagements, I’ve had reason to comment on this lingering malaise which never seems to abate. First I wrote Gunsmoke from the East, published in The Guardian of 9 August 2021. I equally engaged the subject in …

Comrade Garba Muhammad, a leading aspirant for the post of National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has appealed to other aspirants and members of the union to eschew rancour and work together for the progress and unity of the Union, especially the forth- coming Triennial Delegate Conference. In his Eid Maulud message,he charged all to, in the …

The Nigeria Patriotic Coalition (NPC) has charged the citizens to remain steadfast and committed to the unity of the country despite the current pains and difficulties. This was the admonition of Convener of the group, Hon. Yemi Akinbode at a stakeholders’ consultative meeting of concerned Nigerians and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the State of the Nation held in Lagos. …