“It takes a man of courage, patriotism, and altruism to go all out to preach the gospel truth on how to end insurgency with our own local or native intelligence to the government”. Over the past couple of weeks I have examined the current efforts of government to combat the book haram insurgency particularly in the light of the visit to the President by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in...Read More

  MATTERS ARISING “What the senate resorted to was to ask such nominees to react to allegations or petitions pending before other statutory bodies. Naturally the concerned nominees denied the allegation but in law, mere denial does not amount to full proof that the allegation is not true”. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari into office, an issue which attracted so much debate was when the President would appoint...Read More

  A REQUEST BUHARI MUST REJECT   Further devaluation will inflict irreparable damage on Nigerians and every sector of the economy as well as the collapse of education and the middle class Recently I commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to put a halt to further devaluation of the naira. I discussed the effects which previous devaluations still continue to have on the economy and suggested other steps which...Read More

“At the heart of the current protests and agitations are the same questions which have for long plagued Nigeria and which have over the years resulted in one form of violence or the other”. Over the past couple of weeks several states in the East and in the South- South have witnessed protest marches involving thousands of Igbo youths in a renewed bid for the actualisation of the State of...Read More

“I remain of the view that the recommendations of the Conference particularly the issue of devolution of power need to be revisited. If considered and adopted most of the recommendations will address the issues of marginalization and other problems underlying most ethnic agitations in Nigeria”. Last week I identified the over emphasis on the national identity without any serious prior attention to the diverse nature of the ethnic identities that...Read More