A Virus Called Ebola and the Secret Club From Hell
I disagree with those that have described Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American that single-handedly brought the deadly ebola virus into our shores, as a madman. He was not mad at all…
Hypocrisy of America’s experimental Ebola drug By Theophilus Ilevbare
These days, nothing strikes a bout of panic and paranoia than the thought of Ebola Virus Disease. It’s been decades since a disease or calamity of such proportions threatened our…
Editorial: Saving Nigeria from the Ebola virus
The confirmation Thursday, by Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in Nigeria has risen to 11, should alarm the federal government and officials of various…
Northern Elders Forum: Time for Hard Truths
Simply because President Goodluck Jonathan is easily the most unassuming individual to have risen to political prominence in Nigeria some people have taken that as a license to abuse, impugn…
Northern Elders Forum, whose elders?
Again the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) headed by Alhaji Maitama Sule is in the news, and like always, is allowing certain elements with political ambitions within it to dictate the…
Fixing the Nigeria’s Leadership and Governance Problem Will Assist the battle against Boko Haram
Nigeria is as close to being a failed state as it has ever been.Components and definitions of state failure: The state’s loss of its Weberian monopoly of violence. Inability to…
The Treasury Bill Scam Continues to flourish!!
In the wake of the 2008 financial crises, the Central Bank created over N4000bn fresh Naira supply, inspite of its attendant inflationary threat, to rescue the Nigerian banking sector. Evidently,…
Editorial: The Landmark Nigerian Security Summit
It is understandable that in this state of glaring uncertainty, and considering the global dimension the Boko Haram insurgency has taken, the Nigerian government would be inundated with all kinds…
Challenges of governance in era of insurgency
Introduction The essence of good governance is to effectively lead and guide the instruments of the State to meet the needs of citizens, effectively balancing present needs while anticipating future…
Little girls as weapons of terror?
On January 27, 2002, Palestinian anti-Israeli occupation activist, Wafa Idriss, became the first female suicide bomber of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when she boldly walked into a shopping district on Jerusalem’s…