The nation’s security strategy and defense doctrine now recognize a broader range of threats not only to the national security in general, but to the homeland in particular. Today’s corporate security strategies must be all-encompassing…
When aspiring or incumbent politician’s seasonally turn to the occasional political stunts or grandstanding or gimmickry, it is almost an afterthought, no matter what…
When IBB categorically stated that Nigerian youths are incapable of leading, many felt that the outspoken retired General spoke out-of-context…
There is a problem with understanding American self-imposed commitments to Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and other diplomatic/military support for some Middle East states…
I do agree that football certainly has a unifying character. However, this lasts only 90 minutes and football has not emulsified us. We have spent billions of naira on football and the best we get is unnecessary heart attack…
To achieve peace in Jos, all stakeholders must be brought on board, not just a handful of political dumb-nuts. Bringing all stakeholders together must be done without any concession to ethnic, religious, political and economic affiliation…
A group of Nigerians is losing sleep over the speculations that Goodluck Jonathan may run for president next year. This group is jittery that if Goodluck Jonathan eventually decides to run, his ‘luck’ will shine again, thereby dimming the North’s hope of ever getting close to the corridors of power in the next decade…
The man who became the Nigerian coach was a successful failure. Quite unlike Shuaibu Amodu, Lars Lagerback could not qualify his country, Sweden, for the World Cup. He and his managers took advantage of our unreasonable clamour for a foreign coach…
As far as I am concerned, anybody can be corrupt whether you are a journalist or not. Everybody, even the Pope or Obama, has a price. Whether you are a lawyer, doctor, teacher, American, Pakistani or Brazilian, everyone has this innate tendency to be corrupt…
If we are talking of modernising our economy, we should embrace an ID card system. Our transactions are haphazard and this breeds inefficiency, corruption and manipulation…
There’s no question that you hold one of the toughest jobs in Nigeria. Under your watch, a large swath of Nigeria – specifically the southeast – is close to being overrun by bands of criminals who kidnap for ransom…