Wednesday Column

Wednesday Column

Seat of power within striking distance

The boiling frog is an ancient parable which, though disproved by modern science, still holds true in Nigeria. The fable describes a frog being slowly

The foreign face of insecurity

It is curious to observe that Nigerians, who have been so agitated and outspoken about the various disturbing dimensions of the raging insecurity plag

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