Nigeria Village Square

David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark, Nigeria’s Senate President, is one of those extremely wealthy rogue soldiers produced by Ibrahim Babangida’s settlement philosophy.

Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard militant camps in the northeast on Friday, their biggest offensive since Boko Haram began an insurgency almost four years ago to try create a breakaway Islamic state.

Let us embrace Msgr. Okpalaeke as our brother and put forth our well known Mbaise warmth and conviviality to him. I know my people are capable of this and know when to end a battle. Let the new Bishop start his work, with an urgent mission to pursue

State of Emergency or Emergency in a state? When an emergency isn't really an emergency.

I wish to use this humble platform to call on all Nigerians and people of goodwill everywhere else to appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan not to invade Eggon land in Nasarawa state ostensibly to flush out members of the Ombatse cult

Nigeria’s 170 million people have a grand total of 156 universities, when we should have at least two or three thousand.

President Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three Northern states -Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State, citing insecurity. The president has given the military the authority to take over the security of the states. He said the efforts at dialog

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, wants to raise the entry point salary in the force from N28,000 to N100,000. He is proposing the increase as part of his effort to reform a force that is so ill-trained, poorly equipped, unmotiva