Wednesday Column

Wednesday Column

AK47, Tramadol and Boxer – The triad ingredients of Nigeria’s insecurity

As it happened, what I wished to say followed naturally from the points that had been made by the other speakers. Mallam Bala’s conceptualisation of i

To thwart state-initiated anarchy, Nigeria needs a legal framework for vigilantism

Other South East governors flanked their Ebonyi State colleague, Governor David Umahi, as he announced the establishment of a regional security outfit

IPoB attacks mirror early Boko Haram – Complacency is naive and dangerous

Eyewitness accounts of events of early hours of Monday in Owerri revealed a well-planned, full-scale assault on the Nigerian state. Heavily armed men

#SaveAfaka39: We must all speak up for the Afaka victims

This paper’s feature last Sunday on the angst of the parents of the 39 students abducted from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation Afaka, now kno

Lessons from Dariye’s bruising Waterloo

The Nigerian adage “every day is for the thief, one day is for the owner” came true last Friday when Joshua Dariye met his bruising Waterloo at the Su