That mane… Many don’t know that when  Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka was born on Friday, July 1934, the moon was in the Zodiac Sign of Leo. Little wonder then that in the presence of this Cancerian, there’s that strong feeling of being close...

IN the last six months, the number of policemen and women that have died from attacks by terrorists and criminals in peace-time Nigeria is unprecedented, especially in the northern part of the country and the Niger Delta.

In the last two weeks...

EXCEPT for the recent communal clash between the people of Adadama in Abi Local Government Council of Cross River State and Amagu community in Ikwo Council of Ebonyi State when a police station was burnt down in Adadama, policemen in Cross River...

THE grief of the families of Benjamin Abughul, an agent of the State Security Service (SSS) and Christian Ibekwe of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Nigeria Police, two security agents slain by suspected cultist in Akwanga, Nasarawa...

ALTHOUGH there is no Boko Haram Islamic sect in Anambra State, there have been attacks on security operatives, especially policemen for some time.

Speaking on the matter, Police Public Relation Officer in Anambra State (ASP) Emeka Chukwuemeka...

IN Enugu State, the major problem for the police is poor living conditions. Receiving a Deputy Inspector General of Police, Aliyu Y. Kafur, who paid a visit to the Central Police Station (CPS), Enugu recently, its Divisional Police Officer, John...

KANO witnessed the first attack by members of Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise called Boko Haram, on January 20, 2012, a few hours after the weekly Friday prayers.

The target was the Kano State Police Command headquarters...

THE 1999 constitution, as amended, did not recognize the rotation of the post of the President of the country or any other elective positions at the national level among the states that make up the country, or the geo-political zones or the...

YEMI Afolayan, Secretary of the Kwara State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says the state is unique in terms of zoning arrangement for the governorship position, as it has always been a strong factor in the choice of the...

TO many Nigerians, the state of emergence in some states announced by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday following the senseless killings in parts of the country, particularly Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most...

THE declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states is attracting mixed feelings from a cross section of Benue people, with majority in support of the action.

A frontline politician and People’s Democratic Party (PDP)...

FORMER Solicitor General of K aduna State during the Second Republic and National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Malam Aliyu Umar spoke on the imposition of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by President...

FOLLOWING the recent attacks on Baga and Geidam council areas of Borno and Yobe states by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, some residents and businessmen in the affected communities have continued to take refuge in the border town of Maine-Sarowa in...

THE recent imposition of state of emergency in Borno, Yoba and Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan, has elicited mixed reactions in Kano State. While some described it as constitutionally appropriate, others said it is uncalled for under...