Opinion

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assert his constitutional powers to keep all Nigerians united and secured in every part of the country. The call followed the unanimous decision of the Southern Governors’ Forum in Asaba, Delta State, to ban open grazing, among other …

Prince Emeka Udodeme is the President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Anambra State.  In this interview, he looks at the spate of insecurity in the country, and Southeast in particular; marginalization of the Igbo in the politics of Nigeria; Anambra governorship election, among other issues. How do you think Anambra could prosecute the November …

“It is no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of employment for our youths in Nigeria which it began as, it is now West African Fulanisation, African Islamisation and global organised crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change,” Obasanjo …

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, met with members of his cabinet in Aba on Monday to deliberate on additional measures needed to ensure protection of lives and property in the state following recent attacks on police stations by yet to be identified hoodlums. Briefing newsmen after the meeting which …

  The Department of State Services (DSS) says the arrest of Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the Media Aide to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State followed issues beyond the expression of opinion in social media. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, announced this in a statement on …

While she may or may not be regretting her outburst by now, she must bear in mind that the perpetrators of violence across the country, whether under the guise of Boko Haram, Bandits, Kidnappers, Herdsmen, Secessionists, or Unknown Gunmen, do not kill along party lines. Call it party loyalty, feminism …

In sweat and bits of hungry mosquitoes, the eyes could NOT be separated from the pains of the skin. Nigeria woke up to find himself in deep watered mattress and blood stained bedsheets. The overfed sucker had died like the corrupt Aso rock Carpenters and Doctors who had over eaten …

Governments need to take action to protect women journalists from increasing online threats. UNESCO has just announced the Philippine investigative journalist and media executive, Maria Ressa, as the winner of the Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom, which honours champions of media freedom, particularly those who have faced danger in …

The world’s chocolate industry is worth over $150bn, with West Africa supplying 70 percent of the cocoa beans, but most of the value in a chocolate bar is generated in Europe and North America The world’s chocolate industry is worth over $150bn, with West Africa supplying 70 percent of the cocoa beans, but most of the …

“The problem of Nigeria goes beyond the constitution that has become a convenient excuse for everything that ails us. It goes to the attitude and values of the average citizen…it goes to the nature of leadership and its recruitment process.” A friend who never misses Platform told me he was …