Nigeria Trapped In Elite Capture

 By Dan Onwukwe

The halls of politics and power in today’s Nigeria are littered with the remains of politicians who had desperately sought and acquired power not to use it for what it ought to be: power for great purposes, that’s, to serve the people. Rather, they are deviously determined to make politics and government run like a money-spinning business.

*Akpabio and Tinubu

This is the reason our present democracy has failed to deliver the much-expected dividends because, serving the people is of secondary importance to our politicians. The problem here is that, without vision beyond their own advancement, Nigerian politicians are paralysed once that selfish interest is achieved. Our pain is their gain. Nigeria is trapped in an inescapable situation.

When Will The Benue, Southern Kaduna Killings End?

 By Charles Okoh

It appears that there will be no end in sight to the killings in Kaduna as well as Benue states. The lackadaisical approach of the Federal Government to halting the carnage in both states remains worrisome. If it is argued that the sheer spread of violence and wanton killings across the country have become too much of a burden for the government to handle, will it be out of place to demand from the Federal Government what its plan is towards ending the senseless killings especially in these states?

No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The attack which occurred at about 10 p.m. penultimate Saturday night came barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.