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On 26 November 2012, I was the lead speaker at the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Asaba, Delta State. I spoke on ‘Terrorism and Inter-Agency Coordination in Nigeria’. While congratulating me later that night, one of the Generals ‘confessed’ that when some of them learnt about my invitation, they kicked against ‘a small […]
Continue ReadingQuarter-finals line-up for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 is now clearer following Algeria’s qualification after their Round of 16 victory over DR Congo on Tuesday. Eight nations have qualified for this round of the continent’s greatest tournament, according to Punch. Algeria edged DR Congo 1–0 after extra […]
Continue ReadingThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the full fixtures for the Round of 16 at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 following the conclusion of the group stage. According to the fixtures published on CAF’s website on Wednesday, the knockout phase will start from Saturday, January 3, to Tuesday, January 6, […]
Continue ReadingI know not what qualifies me to be your choice of speaker at this maiden event but believe me, I am here with delight because my recollections of, and my interactions with the Body of Benchers fill me with nostalgia. As a young law graduate applying to the Nigerian Law School, the fear of the […]
Continue ReadingI read a pathetic report last weekend of how the family of the late Second Republic Senate President, Joseph Wayas, was made to pay the sum of £6,710 (more than N13 million) before being allowed to sight his body in a London morgue. Wayas died on 30th November 2021, so I assumed he had been buried. Apparently, […]
Continue ReadingPreparatory to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to let him be after office: “Nobody should ask me to come and give any evidence in any court; otherwise whoever it is, he will be in trouble because all important things are on record.” Buhari uttered those words in […]
Continue ReadingAfrica Cup of Nations last-16 pairings in the Ivory Coast (all times GMT): Saturday In Bouake Angola v Namibia (1700) In Abidjan Nigeria v Cameroon (2000) Sunday In Abidjan Equatorial Guinea v Guinea (1700) In San Pedro Egypt v Democratic Republic of Congo (2000) Monday In Abidjan Cape Verde v Mauritania (1700) In Yamoussoukro Senegal […]
Continue ReadingMuted Joys of Silent Night in Bethlehem On the very first Christmas night in Bethlehem, an angel of the Lord announced to the poor and lowly shepherds keeping watch over their flock in the fields that a Saviour had been born. Joined by a multitude of the Hosts of Heaven, the angel blasted the first […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria wraps up its election, attention shifts to the judges. With over seven hundred cases filed at the tribunals, the judiciary will be overworked. Yet we expect wisdom, courage, and intelligence to correct all errors, deliberate or otherwise, made by the political branches of government. We rest our hopes on the judges, and their […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigeria is slowly becoming a failed state and a basket case that urgently needs to be pulled from the brink of collapse; and described National Assembly’s fresh constitutional review exercise as a waste of time and resources. He said constitutional review had been a money-gulping activity by every Assembly […]
Continue ReadingWe’ve all made it through to the year 2019. Thank God! Now it’s time to disrupt the system! Donald Trump is still the President of the United States of America as is Theresa May still the PM of Great Britain as is Mohammed Buhari still the President of Nigeria: in the land of the blind the […]
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