Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE The expansive headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, deserves to have a wing for circuses. The building is so imposing that the mere sight should frighten the crime-minded, but behind the façade lies a clay-footed anti-graft agency that enjoys playing to the gallery and displaying the absurd. Over the years, it has witnessed many spectacular acts of triviality but on the watch of Olukayode Olanipekun, unnecessary ego now drives its policies and operations. Nowhere has this absurdity played out more than in its lousy handling of the case involving Yahaya Bello,…

Ndigbo have contributed immensely to the economic development of Kano. And they have worked hard for their money. Just as it is the case in Lagos, no one has accused them of being land grabbers. And no one can accuse them of not adding value to wherever they live. To accuse them, therefore, of taking over enterprises as well as landed properties which would have otherwise been under the control of indigenes, is preposterous. It does not make sense. By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI What caught my attention in the 50th inaugural lecture flyer of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto was the…