First of all, I will thank the almighty God for helping me to reach the highest level of my career and also thank the Presidency and the entire Nigerians for giving me this opportunity to serve as the 16th Inspector-General of Police of the most populous black nation of the world since the appointment of the first indigenous Inspector-General of Police in 1964 in person of late Mr.Louis Orok Edet.

The ECOWAS Commission has followed closely in recent weeks developments in the political party campaigns leading to the forthcoming Presidential Elections in the Republic of Senegal, and whilst satisfied with the democratic nature of the electoral process generally, wishes to express serious concern for the rising tensions among political parties and citizens.

If you look at Nigeria circa 2007-2012 you would be thinking of France 1775-1779. France was in desperate conditions: French men and women hated their country’s leadership; it was a period of radical, political and social change. King Louis XVI was without money and needed to raise it somehow; Germany and Switzerland and other foreign countries had their troops massed at the boundaries looking for opportunity to pounce; the

*Says Boko Haram funded by Al qaeda...claims the group has popular support in the north*

[elombah.com] The call by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan for the members of Boko Haram to come out and talk is a waste of saliva as the militant group said they are not ready for dialogue until the whole country adopts Sharia Law. In

RE: Nigerian Lawyer accuses Solicitors Regulation Authority of ‘racial profiling’

In response to the above release – that we recognise we still have plenty of work to do, but that we don’t quite agree with the claims of the SBL: 

Antony Townsend, SRA Chief Executive, said: "Since March 2009, we have been working with BME stakeholder groups and an implementation group

On the 29th of October, 2011 Biafra Liberation in Exile, BILIE was formerly inaugurated at the Disney Hotel in Owerri. It was a milestone. By that event the indigenous peoples of Biafra finally announced to the world that they have come of age and would take their destiny in their hands and free themselves out of the Nigerian bondage.

Reeling from the very heated and bitter but yet necessary debate and protest by Labour and Civil Society Organisations, etc from the FG deregulation process, some state governors have started annoucing some palliatives. I believe many more announcements of palliatives from states will come. Not because the

We will revisit our analysis of the security sector budget beginning with some clarifications and rebuttal of the Budget Office's right of reply to last week's column titled - "Where el-Rufai Got it Wrong". I commend the Budget Office for choosing to respond this way instead of asking the SSS to arrest me as the President did on July 1, 2011. The democratic space can only be expanded with more freedom to express opinions

If a country has “too much” defence it is wasting its resources, and if it has “too little” it is insecure. The penalty for the former may be a lower standard of living for its citizens; and for the later it may be a loss of independence or an unwanted interference in domestic affairs – Kennedy G.  1975

The 2012 budget presentation by President Goodluck Jonathan has come and gone, with euphoria and

There come a time when one takes a position that is neither safe nor popular, but, he must take it because conscience tells him it is right – Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Nigerians wake up in the morning, to celebrate yet another new year ushering in 2012. No doubt; people will be celebrating and thanking God for witnessing the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012.

(Reuters) Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged the violent Islamist Boko Haram sect on Thursday to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, while acknowledging that military confrontation alone will not end their insurgency. In an interview with Reuters at the presidential villa in the capital Abuja, Jonathan said there was no doubt that Boko Haram had links with other jihadist groups outside Nigeria.

Whatever may be the real agenda of Boko Haram, one thing nobody can deny the group is that there is a method to their madness. Boko Haram men target three institutions: One, vulnerable banks whenever they need easy money to fund their operations. Two, barracks and prisons to free their men wherever they are detained and for revenge. Three, police and military formations to steal arms and uniforms. They have also in recent

Young people tweeting from Blackberries and iPhones are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, with South Africans by far the most vociferous, according to new research published Thursday. Kenya-based Portland Communications and Tweetminster published findings indicating Twitter in Africa is widely used for social conversation and is fast becoming an important source of information. More than 80 percent of those

President Goodluck Jonathan after months of dilly dallying did the needful by striking Police High Command in a shakeup many Nigerians see as overdue. Consequently, former Inspector General of Police, IGP, Hafitz Ringim, and his deputies were relieved from office. Mr President yielded to public pressure which greeted Ringim’s inglorious tenure.

•        Minister’s team hired ex-con to organize event and the same ex-con secretly arranged with some characters that insulted and embarrassed the Minister.

•        That’s what happens when dubious officials engage dubious people     

(Photo: Prof. Mrs. Viola Onwuliri, (aka, Prof. Celestine Onyemobi Elihe Onwuliri;

aka, Prof. Viola Adaku Onwuliri)