Crashing a Dream

Crashing a Dream

I returned to Anambra State in 2008 to meet a state and a people that were excited and upbeat. And they had every reason to be so happy. Anambra had two governors, in fact, those were the exact words of the master of ceremony at the first major function that I attended on my return at the All Saints Cathedral open arena, Onitsha. One was the governor of the state, Peter Obi who was then the rave of the moment having retrieved the mandate the people gave him in the 2003 election; the other was the governor of money, Charles...

Kano Panel Submits Report On Commissioner’s Alleged Drug Bail Involvement

Kano Panel Submits Report On Commissioner’s Alleged Drug Bail Involvement

The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has revealed final report from the fact-finding panel tasked to investigate the role of the state’s Commissioner for Transport, Ibrahim Namadi, in securing bail for an alleged notorious drug baron, Sulaiman Aminu Danwawu, has formally presented its findings to the government. On Monday, August 4th, 2025 the report was handed over to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim, by the committee’s chairman and Special Adviser to the Governor on Justice and Constitutional Matters, Aminu Hussain. Hussain revealed that the committee conducted a detailed and unbiased investigation, relying on...

Lagos Police Arrest Suspected Hired Assassin, Wasiu Akinwande

Lagos Police Arrest Suspected Hired Assassin, Wasiu Akinwande

The Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Wasiu Akinwande, a suspected hired assassin believed to be connected to a string of high-profile threats in the state. Wasiu Akinwande is currently being arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court, Ogba area of the state, on 11 counts bordering on murder, unlawful possession of arms, and felony, among others. According to a statement released by police spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin, preliminary findings suggest that the suspect was contracted to eliminate a local business figure in the Lagos Island axis. Reports revealed that 44-year-old Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso,...

IBRAHIM DANKWAMBO GOT IT TOTALLY WRONG .

IBRAHIM DANKWAMBO GOT IT TOTALLY WRONG .

Former Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, was quoted this week as expressing support and even went further to describe former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an ultimate political leader in the North. For me as a citizen, stakeholder and practicing Muslim who traversed the length and breadth of the country, I want to totally disagree with the views and stand of the former Governor. In fact, I will say Northern Nigeria is now caught in a most debilitating and horrific moral crossfire between serving God or paying tribute and spiritual homage to Godfatherism,like never heard before. I couldn’t imagine...