Groups Want Probe of Police College’s Deplorable Condition
Some groups concerned about the improvement of the standard of policing in the country have condemned the deplorable living and training condition of the Police Training College, Ikeja, and have…
Spat escalates as Orubebe, Amaechi trade invectives
An embarrassing personal spat between the two senior public officials; one a cabinet Minister; the other, a sitting Governor has escalated with both trading invectives and casting banal aspersions at…
Okah’s Conviction Politically Motivated – Keyamo
The decision of the South African Court to convict a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah of charges relating to…
Security Lapse Enough ground for Impeachment – Amaechi
The inability of democratically elected leaders to provide adequate security for citizens is an offence grievous enough to be punished with impeachment, Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi has said.…
Rejoinder: Onitsha Bridgehead Demolition
Writing on the recent series of demolition of illegal shanties at the bridgehead, Onitsha, Emmanuel Obe of the PUNCH Newspaper (Saturday Punch of January 19, 2013, page 14), among other…
Undergraduate Arraigned for N55m Scam
Hope Olusegun Aroke, a Malaysia-based undergraduate fraudster and three others — Ibrahim Garuba Tafida, Tafida Gano Investment Limited and Hopes and Oyin Limited — have been arraigned before Justice Mohammed…
ACN Queries Jonathan’s Tiff with Channels TV
President Goodluck Jonathan’s surprise visit to the Police College in Ikeja last week to see the decrepit state of the training institution is commendable but he again dropped the ball…
President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the…
South African Court Convicts Okah for Terrorism
A South African court on Monday convicted Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) of 13 terrorism charges, most prominent of which is the…
Townhall Meeting With Jonathan At Potiskum
It was a townhall meeting with a difference. We all had arrived the dusty town of Potiskum in Yobe. It wasn’t the regular town hall meeting; the choice of Yobe…